Longest (sociology, Furman U.) introduces the statistical analysis software package to students who have had little or no exposure to it before. The arrangement reflects most introductory social statistics textbooks, so the book can be used as a supplement in a course as well as for self-study. Readers are assumed to know, or be learning, statistics and quantitative analysis from other sources. The data for the book comes from the National Study of Youth and Religion, a longitudinal US survey. Annotation ⓒ2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

PREFACE CHAPTER 1: Getting to Know Stata CHAPTER 2: The Essentials CHAPTER 3: Do Files and Data Management CHAPTER 4: Descriptive Statistics CHAPTER 5: Relationships between Nominal and Ordinal Variables CHAPTER 6: Relationships between Different Measurement Levels CHAPTER 7: Methods for Examining Interval - Ratio Variables CHAPTER 8: Enhancing Your Command Repertoire Appendix A: Getting Started with Stata 11 CHAPTER EXERCISE SOLUTIONS "HOW TO" INDEX