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Statistics and data interpretation for social work

Main Author: Rosenthal, James A.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, c2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Statistical methods.
Social service > Statistical methods.
Social sciences > Research.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10532065
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and descriptive statistics
  • Introduction and overview
  • Data presentation
  • Central tendency
  • Measures of variability
  • Shape of distribution
  • The concept of relationship and relationship between categorical variables
  • The odds ratio and other measures for categorical variables
  • Correlation and regression
  • Standardized mean difference
  • Research design and causality
  • Controlling for confounding variables.

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