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IOP 2601 (2020)Numbers,hypotheses and conclusions: a course in statistics for the social sciences
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NUMBERS, HYPOTHESES & CONCLUSIONSA COURSE IN STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
Third edition
Colin Tredoux & Kevin Durrheim
(Editors)
, Numbers, Hypotheses
& Conclusions
A course in statistics for the
social sciences
Third edition
Editors
Colin Tredoux (University of Cape Town)
Kevin Durrheim (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
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, Numbers, Hypotheses & Conclusions — A course in statistics for the social sciences
First published 2002
Second edition 2013
Third edition 2019
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, Table of contents
Section 1 Statistics
Tutorial 1: Numbers, variables, and measurement.................................................... 2
The advantages of quantitative methods................................................................................ 3
Functions of quantification...................................................................................................... 7
Some basic concepts.................................................................................................................. 9
Problems with the quantitative approach............................................................................... 14
Summary.................................................................................................................................... 14
Exercises..................................................................................................................................... 15
Tutorial 2: Displaying data.......................................................................................... 16
Bar graphs................................................................................................................................... 17
Histograms................................................................................................................................. 24
Cumulative frequency diagrams............................................................................................. 29
Line graphs................................................................................................................................. 32
Basic rules for creating graphs................................................................................................. 40
Worked example........................................................................................................................ 41
Summary.................................................................................................................................... 43
Exercises..................................................................................................................................... 44
Further reading.......................................................................................................................... 46
Tutorial 3: Central tendency and variation................................................................ 47
Measures of central tendency.................................................................................................. 48
Measures of variability.............................................................................................................. 55
Estimating population parameters from sample data.......................................................... 64
Worked example........................................................................................................................ 69
Summary.................................................................................................................................... 73
Exercises..................................................................................................................................... 74
Tutorial 4: Probability and theoretical distributions................................................. 76
Probability as frequency........................................................................................................... 76
Probability and games of chance............................................................................................. 77
The multiplication and addition rules of probability........................................................... 79
Probabilities of multiple outcomes.......................................................................................... 82
Worked example........................................................................................................................ 90
Summary.................................................................................................................................... 93
Exercises..................................................................................................................................... 93
Tutorial 5: The standard normal distribution............................................................ 95
The standard normal distribution........................................................................................... 96
Two worlds: the statistical world and the real world............................................................ 101
Worked example........................................................................................................................ 106
Summary.................................................................................................................................... 108
Exercises..................................................................................................................................... 109
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