The 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics: Quantification in Ethnographic Research

ISBN-13: 9781611323924 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 165 str.

William W. Dressler

Opis

The 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics provides an accessible introduction to statistical thinking for anthropologists and other social scientists who feel some mixture of dread and loathing when it comes to quantification and data analysis. It is not so much an introduction to statistics as a primer on how to think statistically in order to do precise ethnographic studies. Readers will be empowered by the realization that statistics is not an arcane, enigmatical science but a set of tools for learning about the world in which we live. Unlike other books on statistics for beginners, this book-guides readers through the underlying logic of the major statistical methods before applying those methods in interpreting ethnographic research, thus emphasizing understanding of quantitative methods;-uses a single data set in explaining each method, allowing readers to grasp how different methods offer varying interpretations of the data;-discusses increasingly complex techniques in plain, easy-to-understand language intended for beginning students.;-covers five central ideas: central tendency, dispersion, Chi-square, ANOVA, correlation;-shows readers how to use these quantitative statistical methods in doing real-life ethnographic fieldwork.

Spis treści

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!;

O autorze

William W Dressler