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Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences

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Course Materials

Supplemental Materials

Module 1: Introduction to Statistics.

Module 2: Displaying Data.

Module 3: Describing Data.

Module 4: Z-scores, Normal Distributions, Simple Probability.

Module 5: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing.

Module6: Hypothesis Testing with Sample Means.

Module 7: Additions to Statistical Significance

Module 8: Introduction to t tests.

Module 9: Analysis of Variance.

M 9.1: One-way Analysis of Variance Webpage Slides Supplemental Handout

Module 10: Linear Ordinary Least Squares Regression

M 10.1: Bivariate Regression Webpage Slides

Module 11: Nominal and Ordinal Data Analysis

Online statistics textbooks: Hyperstat (Basic & Fundamental levels) Statnote (All levels)

The R Project for Statistical Computing

Fairly comprehensive comparison of just about all statistical software packages: Wiki

Don't want to pay for SPSS? Then get PSPP for free!! PSPP is extremely similar to SPSS; but free!

Need to calculate a-priori power/sample size? Check out Gpower (it's free).

The Toolbox:

The RSS DIY Introduction to R short course

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