Beschreibung:
Written in clear, straightforward prose, this brief volume introduces students in anthropology and other social sciences to the basic principles of statistical thinking used in quantitative ethnographic research.
Introduction; The 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics; Chapter 1 Measures of Central Tendency: The Arithmetic Mean; Chapter 2 Measures of Dispersion: The Standard Deviation; Chapter 3 The Logic of Statistical Significance Testing: Chi-Square; Chapter 4 The Logic of Statistical Significance Testing: Analysis of Variance; Chapter 5 The Logic of the Correlation Coefficient; Quantification in Ethnographic Research; Chapter 6 Some Additional Thoughts on the 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics; Chapter 7 Three Analyses Extending the Concept of Correlation; Chapter 8 Integrating Quantitative Research in Anthropological Research Design; Chapter 9 Best of Luck!;