Social Statistics |
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| Editor:
| Penn, Roger
Berridge, Damon |
| Series title: | SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84787-356-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Multiple-item retail product |
| List Price: | USD $1188.00 |
Book Description:
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Statistics and statistical analyses have become a key feature of contemporary social science. Social statistics is the use of statistical measurement systems to study human behavior in a social environment. This can be accomplished through polling a particular group of people, evaluating a particular subset of data obtained about a group of people, or by observation and statistical analysis of a set of data that relates to people and their behaviors. This major reference collection...
More DescriptionStatistics and statistical analyses have become a key feature of contemporary social science. Social statistics is the use of statistical measurement systems to study human behavior in a social environment. This can be accomplished through polling a particular group of people, evaluating a particular subset of data obtained about a group of people, or by observation and statistical analysis of a set of data that relates to people and their behaviors. This major reference collection brings together the classic pieces that have framed the often controversial debates of using statistics as a social research method.