Quantitative Data Analysis: Doing Social Research to Test Ideas

This book is an accessible and a non-technical introduction to quantitative data analysis, concentrating on the key issues facing the novice to research, such as how to decide which statistical procedure is suitable, and how to interpret the subsequent results. Each chapter includes illustrative examples and a set of exercises that allow the reader to test their understanding of the topic. The book, written for beginning graduate students in social sciences, medical sciences, and education, offers a practical approach to making sociological sense out of a body of quantitative data.