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This text helps readers understand how tcollect, manage, evaluate, and analyze data It alsprovides guidelines for the presentation of analysis, especially for nonacademic audiences without training in statistical analysis These guidelines help ensure that statistics and graphical displays tell the story that analysts want tconvey while protecting their analysis from methodological criticism Author Robert Pearson focuses attention on the conceptual understanding of statistics, while referring (sparingly) tspecific formulas when they help reveal a conceptual point about the statistics Key Features Combines a concern for the design, collection, measurement, and the management of data with its analysis and presentation Provides examples and data concerning real world problems in education, crime, government performance, and other policy arenas Clearly demonstrates the steps used tgenerate the appropriate statistics and graphs in Excel and SPSS and then provides exercises treplicate and elaborate on these examples This book and its supporting materials are ideally suited for graduate students in professional degree programs in public policy, education, social work, criminology, urban planning, and related schools as well as advanced undergraduates in these fields The books explanations, descriptions, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises create the skills and knowledge required of a policy analyst, advisor, consultant or the elected or appointed public official or nonprofit officer whwants tbe better able tinterpret and evaluate others applied social research Its data sets, solutions sets, instructors manual, lecture slides, and student workbook provide instructors with a complete and fully integrated instructional package
