Statistics: A Tool for Social Research

Book Description
A comprehensive, exceptionally well-written text that instructors find to be appropriate for students with varying levels of mathematical skill, ranging from those suffering from math phobia and anxiety to those adept at math. The text provides students a first look at social statistics by illustrating the application of statistics to contemporary social issues. Students learn to read and interpret statistics in a variety of settings. Each chapter is complete with numerous practice exercises, problems, and demonstrations and applications of the latest SPSS statistical software package to reinforce chapter concepts, operations, and formulas. Students can also find demonstrations and applications using the MicroCase statistical package on the text's companion web site. The book's primary emphasis is on developing the following skills necessary for students to become "statistically literate": computational competence; appreciation of statistics; and the ability to read professional social science literature.

About the Author
Joseph F. Healey received his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia and is Professor of Sociology at Christopher Newport University, where he teaches courses in statistics, research methods, and the sociology of race and gender. Professor Healey has published several books in addition to Statistics: A Tool for Social Research, and has also written for scholarly journals. At professional meetings and international workshops, Professor Healey has presented original research on subjects ranging from Mexican laborers in the United States to the sociology of sports, reflecting his wide range of interests within the field of Sociology.


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This text offers a nontechnical introduction to statistics for students of sociology, social work, criminal justice, political science, and other social sciences. Material is written at a level intermediate between a strictly mathematical approach and a "cookbook" approach, with an emphasis on interpretation and computer applications. Learning features include practice exercises and problems, applications of SPSS and MicroCase statistical software packages (new to this edition), and step-by-step computational algorithms provided for each statistic. Boxed readings offer examples that connect statistical analysis to research problems. For this edition, challenging problems with larger data sets have been moved to a Web site. The author teaches at Christopher Newport University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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