For courses on Social Statistics, Statistics for Social Research, Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Statistics for Social Workers. This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques.

Features
Accommodates students with varying levels of comfort with math:
- Written to be understandable to a broad range of students, particularly those without a strong background in mathematics.
- Detailed step-by-step illustrations of statistical procedures are located at important points throughout the text.

Develops an understanding of the importance of statistics in the social sciences:
- Clear, logical explanations give the rationale and use of statistical methods in social research.
- “Looking at the Larger Picture” boxed feature helps deepen student understanding of statistical methods.
- Alternative and group formulas, as well as some non-parametric tests that are not covered in the Essentials version of this
   book by the same authors, are included in this text.

Supports use of SPSS
- Includes SPSS problem sets at the end of chapters; additional SPSS problems an data sets online in MySocKit; and an -
   Introduction to SPSS in an appendix.

Part I Description
Part II From Description to Decision Making
Part III Decision Making
Part IV From Decision Making to Association
Part V Applying Statistics