STATISTICS: A TOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, 8e, International Edition, is a comprehensive, reader-friendly text that uses real-world examples, engaging exercises, and special features in every chapter to help even the most math-averse students succeed in a required statistics course. At the same time, this versatile text is appropriate for more advanced students in diverse social science disciplines, providing an accessible, well-balanced introduction to fundamental concepts of statistics and their practical application to a wide variety of contemporary social issues. The text covers hand calculations and the use of computers, providing a solid grounding in both traditional formulas and the latest SPSS statistical software package. Healey effectively breaks down even complex material to help students master key concepts and hone the skills they will need to succeed as professionals in a social science field--or simply to become "statistically literate," intelligent consumers of social research.
- ISBN10 0495595195
- ISBN13 9780495595199
- Publish Date 1 March 2008 (first published 1 January 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 8 March 2017
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Edition 8th international ed
- Format Paperback
- Pages 544
- Language English