Statistics for Social Workers

by Robert W. Weinbach, Richard M. Grinnell Jr.

It includes numerous social work practice examples, and discusses types of statistical analyses that are most likely to be encountered by social work practitioners and researchers, but assumes no prior experience with statistics. This edition has been reorganized and updated, with new content added on statistical power, effect size, and measures of association. New topics have been incorporated, including logistic regression and other methods of analysis not in prior editions. New figures and new content on sampling distributions and standard scores (z-scores) have also been added. For anyone interested in research methods and social work.

Genres: Social Work

Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Ava Cairns · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mainly skimmed, wish they went deeper into sampling errors.

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as math textbooks go, they're boring but this is the only thing that got me the 90 in my university stats class. There was a huge language barrier between me and my prof but this textbook does a great job at explaining things and showcasing how something works through examples. However, I wish there was more definitions before examples began. I understand that some things are more conceptual than they are hard facts however clear definitions would have helped me when I took my notes. Overall, one of my better textbooks.

[Shona · Rating 2 out of 5]

Clear language but convoluted presentation of some concepts

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine for the purpose of providing a basic intro to statistics, but for a $100 book, it had way more typos and errors than I would have expected.

[Mama · Rating 2 out of 5]

It a stats book. What else can I say?