Summary
Contents
This book contains over 1500 research and statistical terms, written in jargon-free, easy-to-understand terminology to help students understand difficult concepts in their research courses. This pocket guide is in an ideal supplement to the many discipline-specific texts on research methods and statistics.
Commonly Used Statistical Terms
Commonly Used Statistical Terms
There are many statistics used in social science research and evaluation. The two main areas of statistics are descriptive and inferential. The third class of statistics is design and experimental statistics. Descriptive statistics involve the tabulating, depicting, and describing of collections of data. These data may be either quantitative ...