Beginning Statistics
An Introduction for Social Scientists
- Liam Foster - Sheffield University, UK
- Ian Diamond - UK National Statistician
- Julie Banton - Freelance Academic
Quantitative/Statistical Research (General)
Chapters address the following questions:
- Why bother learning statistics in the first place and are they relevant to real life?
- How do I make sensible tables and informative graphs?
- What are descriptive and inferential statistics and how are they used?
- What are regression and correlation anyway?
This textbook is very helpful in helping students grasp the importance of statistics. The basic assumptions of statistics are also clearly identifiable. It allows the student to journey into statistics, regardless of prior experience with the subject matter. The book is user friendly owing to the layout of the chapters. Presenting the methods in a step-by-step format is also extremely helpful, especially for classroom purposes as well as independent study. The progression from introduction through to the various important concepts within statistics is helpful in taking students up to the point of performing statistical techniques. The inclusion of chapter summaries, practice questions and a glossary is very helpful in solidifying students' understanding of statistics. The one thing that was most profound about this book was it's applicability to reality. It is so important to make statistics easy to grasp, and this is exactly what this book does.
A good example of an introduction to the use of statistics and statistical analysis in particular. Real world, often UK based, examples are helpfully scattered throughout the text and the activities provided are straightforward, well laid out and applied. I think this will be an ideal text for leading undergraduate students through the, all too often for them, scary world of quantitative analysis.
straightforward easy to read book for students new with statistics. Lots of examples. WIll however not adopt the book, because i am looking for a textbook including qualitative research and a link to SPSS or other statistical pacakage
Excellent and straight-forward introductory stats text for beginners who lack confidence when working with numerical information.
A very handy statistics book for educational Master's students with informative examples.
This is a great introduction to statistics for students who feel daunted by the prospect of quantitative research.
It's a good book, especially for students who have no knowledge of statistics. I found it useful and students like it as well
This book was recommended to be used from September 2015 onwards. It is good, comprehensive and students will be able to understand it in terms of the terminology easily explained. A book that will help students to consider statistics not as a matter of fear to deal with
Will be useful for those needing to understand statistics to apply knowledge to professional practice.
This is a good book students can use for self leaning. The first chapter might be more interesting if some old photo's or illustrations
