Statistics for the Social Sciences

Part 1 Descriptive statistics: what is statistics?; descriptive graphics for one variable; descriptive statistics for one variable; descriptive measures for two or more variables. Part 2 Probability statistics: probabilities; calculating probabilities; probability distributions of discrete variables; continuous probability distributions; sampling distributions. Part 3 Inferential statistics: inferential statistics; inferences concerning one population; the chi-square distribution; testing and estimating two populations; additional inferential statistics; case study. Part 4 Appendices: a - tables; b - student dictionary and formulas; answers to questions.