Statistics for Sociologists

AI-generated graphics, certain typographical and stylistic quirks, massive addition of content in a short timeframe Table of Contents Statistics for Sociologists Statistics for Sociologists: An Introduction Using R and the General Social Survey Part I: Foundations /Chapter 1: Why Statistics? Making Sense of Social Life with Data/ 100% August 6, 2026 /Chapter 2: Getting Started with R and RStudio/ 100% August 6, 2026 /Chapter 3: The General Social Survey - What It Is and How to Use It/ 100% August 18, 2026 /Chapter 4: Types of Variables and Levels of Measurement/ 100% August 19, 2026 Part II: Working with Data /Chapter 5: Loading, Exploring, and Cleaning GSS Data/ 100% September 1, 2026 /Chapter 6: Recoding and Transforming Variables/ 100% September 14, 2026 Part III: Descriptive Statistics /Chapter 7: Frequency Distributions and Visualizing Data/ 100% September 20, 2026 /Chapter 8: Measures of Central Tendency/ 100% September 23, 2026 /Chapter 9: Measures of Variability/ 100% September 29, 2026 /Chapter 10: The Normal Distribution and Areas Under the Curve/ 100% October 5, 2026 /Chapter 11: Sampling Distributions, Standard Error, and Statistical Power/ 100% October 5, 2026 /Chapter 12: Confidence Intervals/ 75% August 6, 2026 Part IV: Inferential Statistics /Chapter 13: Hypothesis Testing, t-Tests, and Effect Sizes/ 75% August 6, 2026 Chapter 14: Chi-Square Tests and Effect Sizes 75% August 6, 2026 /Chapter 15: ANOVA and Effect Sizes/ 75% August 6, 2026 /Chapter 16: Bivariate Regression, Correlation, and Effect Sizes/ 75% August 6, 2026 /Chapter 17: An Introduction to Bayesian Thinking/ 75% August 6, 2026 /Chapter 18: Putting It All Together - Replicating Sociological Research/ 75% August 6, 2026 Instructor Resources /Noted Contributors/ /Course Adoptions/ (if you adopt this text for your course, please make a note of it on this page)