{"product_id":"social-statistics-for-a-diverse-society-5th-edition","title":"Social Statistics for a Diverse Society 5th Edition","description":"Course Cartridges\nCourse cartridges offer you provide you with flexible, editable content in formats that import easily into most major learning management systems. This course cartridge includes all the assets found on this Instructor Teaching Site and relevant links from the Student Study Site in and easy to upload package.\nClick on the Supplements tab above for further details on the different versions of SPSS programs.\n\nOrder the SPSS Student Version (ISBN: 978-1-4129-6883-6) of this text and your students will be able to practice SPSS (version 16.0) on their laptops in the convenience of their dorm rooms (rather than in the computer labs) for just $25 more than the text alone.\n\nIn this Fifth Edition of their best-selling Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Anna Leon-Guerrero use straightforward, conversational prose and emphasize common sense as they demonstrate the link between the practice of statistics and important social issues. Social Statistics for a Diverse Society helps students learn key sociological concepts through real research examples related to the dynamic relationship between race, class, gender, and other social variables.\n\nAn emphasis on SPSS® for Windows (version 16.0) throughout the book, in conjunction with General Social Survey data, introduces one of the most commonly used analytical software packages in the field. Each chapter ends with a demonstration of a related SPSS procedure, along with a set of useful exercises to help students practice what they learn.\n\nNew and Retained Features\nNew and updated real-world examples, drawn from a wide range of sources, including news stories, government reports, scholarly research, the National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey and the Monitoring the Future Survey, help students combine an understanding of statistics with an increased understanding of social issues Significant student-friendly reorganization of the text provides descriptive and inferential statistics in discrete units first, followed by coverage of data analysis Updated statistical applications in examples now include social issues beyond race and gender, such as class and mobility Reading the Research Literature sections in most chapters help students read and interpret statistical information in professional and scholarly publications Fully revitalized learning aids, including new end-of-chapter exercises, Learning Checks, and Statistics in Practice and A Closer Look boxes A new data set available on the Study Site applies to criminology and social work research issues\n\nAncillaries\nInstructor Resources on CD feature a new test bank with a wide variety of test questions, PowerPoint slides for each chapter, illustrations from the book, and teaching tips. Contact Customer Care at 1-800-818-SAGE (7243). AStudent study site contains interactive quizzes, e-flashcards, data sets, online research activities, SAGE journal articles and more.\n\nSocial Statistics for a Diverse Society, Fifth Edition is appropriate for use in Introduction to Statistics, Social Statistics, Research Methods and Data Analysis courses in all of the social sciences.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1412968240\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1412968240.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Leon-Guerrero, Anna|Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43593987326013,"sku":"BVV.1412968240.A","price":10.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1412968240-0.jpg?v=1788815409","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/social-statistics-for-a-diverse-society-5th-edition","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}