Statistics and data interpretation for social work [electronic resource] /
James A. Rosenthal.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Springer, c2011.
- xvii, 485 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Social sciences--Statistical methods. Social service--Statistical methods. Social sciences--Research. Statistics.