Interpreting Economic and Social Data : A Foundation of Descriptive Statistics

Interpreting Economic and Social Data is a compendium of the concepts needed to describe and analyze empirical data in the social sciences. It aims to set the record straight about the foundations of descriptive statistics and offers a revealing look behind the scenes of commonly used methods. It shows how to deal with ratios, probabilities, and index numbers, together with many topics that border on other quantitative subjects like accounting, mathematics, econometrics and geography.