This best selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step by step computational techniques the twelfth edition of elementary statistics in social research is written to be understandable to all readers particularly those without a strong background in mathematics. Elementary statistics in social research fifth edition jack levin northeastern university james alan fox northeastern university mt harpercollinspublishers contents preface xv chapter 1 why the social researcher uses statistics 1 the nature of social research 2 why test hypotheses 7 the stages of social research 8 using series of numbers to do social research 8 functions of statistics 12 . Revel for elementary statistics in social research provides a balanced overview of statistical analysis in the social sciences providing coverage of both theoretical concepts and step by step computational techniques throughout this best selling text authors jack levin james alan fox and david forde make statistics accessible to all readers particularly those without a strong background in mathematics throughout revel for the twelfth edition detailed step by step illustrations of . Elementary statistics in social research pearson new international edition table of contents cover table of contents 1 why the social researcher uses statistics 2 organizing the data 3 measures of central tendency 4 measures of variability 5 probability and the normal curve 6 samples and populations 7 testing differences between means 8 analysis of variance 9 nonparametric tests of significance