Social Statistics: (Third Edition) — 21st Century Sociology Series Textbooks

Author: Lu Shuhua
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book systematically introduces the basic content of social statistics, including statistical description and statistical inference. It takes the four levels of variables (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio) as a starting point, concisely explaining various statistical techniques for univariate and bivariate data. The illustrative materials in this book are primarily derived from social phenomena, employing intuitive and accessible language to present the application of mathematical statistics in social research to readers. It serves as a must-read textbook for learning and studying social statistics. This book is a unified textbook for higher education institutions and is a required course for sociology majors. It is also available for students and teachers in related liberal arts disciplines for study and reference.