Are you following a social science course at college or university? Are feeling the lack of a background in maths and science? Then this Studymate is the book for you. Avoiding all needless maths, formulae and jargon, it explains in easy steps how to understand, select and apply all the key statistical techniques in different circumstances. Use this simple and straightforward book, and improve your performance in dealing with all aspects of social statistics for coursework, revision, and examinations. * Probability * Populations * Data management * Initial data exploration * * Developing & testing a hypothesis * Exploring relationships/variables 1 * * Exploring relationships/variables 2 * Questionnaire survey design * * Scales and indices * Secondary data resources * Data analysis exercises * * Appendices (Formulae; Techniques) * Web sites for social science students *