Fourth Edition

Mark H. Maier and Jennifer Imazeki

This inexpensive supplement introduces students to the collection, uses, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. It is a welcome add-on to all social science introductory statistics and research methods courses. Separate chapters are devoted to data in the fields of demography, housing, health, education, crime, the national economy, wealth, income, poverty, labor, business statistics, and public opinion polling, with a concluding chapter devoted to the common problem of ambiguity in social science statistics.

Paper: 2980-7 $29.95 | Sharpe e-Text: $16.95

2013. 328 pp. Tables, figures, boxes, website guides, index.