The 5 things you need to know about statistics : quantification in ethnographic research /
The 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics provides an accessible introduction to statistical thinking for anthropologists and other social scientists who feel some mixture of dread and loathing when it comes to quantification and data analysis. It is not so much an introduction to statistics as...
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Walnut, California :
Left Coast Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface Introduction Section I: The 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics Chapter 1: Measures of Central Tendency Chapter 2: Measures of Dispersion Chapter 3: The Logic of Statistical Significance Testing: Chi-square Chapter 4: The Logic of Statistical Significance Testing: Analysis of Variance Chapter 5: The Logic of the Correlation Coefficient Section II: A Meditation on Quantification in Anthropology Chapter 6: Some Additional Thoughts on the 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics Chapter 7: Three Analyses Extending the Concept of Correlation Chapter 8: Integrating Quantitative Research into Anthropological Research Design Chapter 9: Best of Luck! Appendix I: Variable Information Appendix II: Data References Index.