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Agresti, Alan

Statistical methods for the social sciences / Alan Agresti; Barbara Finlay. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009. - xiii, 609 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

1. Introduction --
2. Sampling and Measurement --
3. Descriptive Statistics --
4. Probability Distributions --
5. Statistical Inference: Estimation --
6. Statistical Inference: Significance Tests --
7. Comparison of Two Groups --
8. Analyzing Association between Categorical Variables --
9. Linear Regression and Correlation --
10. Introduction to Multivariate Relationships --
11. Multiple Regression and Correlation --
12. Comparing Groups: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Methods --
13. Combining Regression and ANOVA: Quantitative and Categorical Predictors --
14. Model Building with Multiple Regression --
15. Logistic Regression: Modeling Categorical Responses --
16. An Introduction to Advanced Methodology --
App. A. SPSS and SAS for Statistical Analyses --
App. B. Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Exercises.

ISBN: 9780130272959

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statistics.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.

LC Class. No.: QA276.12 / .A47 2009