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Statistics in Social Work Research
Paper Code:
MSW 322
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
12.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
12.00
- Meaning functions and abuse of statistics in social work research
- Frequency distribution types and shapes of distribution
- Graphic presentation of data-histogram and polygons
12.00
- Proportions, percentage and ratios
- Measures of central tendency-mean, median and mode; criteria for selecting useful measure of central tendency
- Range, quartile deviation, standard deviation and coefficient of variation; criteria for selecting useful variability measure.
12.00
- Meaning ,characteristics, assumptions and limitations simple correlation and regression analysis.
- Concept of least squares and the lines of regression
- Partial and multiple correlation and regression(applications only)
12.00
- Testing statistical hypothesis-concept and procedure
- Parametric and non-parametric tests of significance-chi-square test and t-test
12.00
- Computer software for data analysis – An overview of SPSS
References:
- Blaikie, Norman, Approaches to Social Enquiry, Cambridge, Policy Press, 1993.
- May, Tim, Social Research: Issues, Methods and Processes. Buckingham, Open University Press, 1997.
- Patton, Michael Quinn, Qualitative Evaluation Methods. New Delhi, Sage Publications, 1988.
- Reissman, Catherine K. Qualitative Studies in Social Work Research, New Delhi. Sage Publications, 1994.
- Swartz, Omar, Conducting Socially Responsible Research, New Delhi, Sage Publications, 1997.
- Ramachandran, P. Issues in Social Work Research in India, Bombay, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 1990.
- Society for Participatory Research in Asia, Participatory Research: An Introduction (Participatory Research Network series No. 3), New Delhi PRIA, 1995.
- Wright, Susan E. 1986 Social Science Statistics. Boston: Allyn & Bacon Inc.
- Loether, H.J. & McTavish, Donald. 1974 Inferential Statistics for Sociologists.
- Boston: Allyn & Bacon Inc.
- Kurtz, Norman R. 1983 Introduction to Social Statistics. Paris: McGraw-Hill Book Co.
- Elifson et al. 1990 Fundamentals of Social Statistics. McGraw Hill Publishing Co.
- Levin, Jack .1983 Elementary Statistics in Social Research. New York: Harper & Row Publishers
- Cohen, Louis & Holliday, Michael. 1982 Statistics for Social Scientists. New York: Harper & Row Publishers
- Malec, Michael, A. 1977 Essential Statistics for Social Research. New York: J.B.Lippincott Co.
- Ahuja. Ram. 2006, Research Methods, Rawat Publications.
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