Textbooks and General Reading on Statistics
Online Book Comprehensive text covering many techniques from basic to advanced.
Making Sense of Statistics A guide providing a few questions you can ask and outlining the pitfalls to look out for when weighing up claims that use statistics. Written by statisticians, journalists and scientists and published by Sense About Science and Straight Statistics in collaboration with the Royal Statistical Society.
Simple Statistics Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Clegg F (1992). Introductory statistical text.
Exploring Data Cambridge: Polity Press (2nd edition). Cathy Marsh and Jane Elliott (2008). A classic text introducing a range of techniques for exploring quantitative data.
Understanding Social Statistics London: Sage. (2nd Edition) Fielding, J and Gilbert, N (2006). Textbook covering everything typically included in an introductory course on social statistics for students in the social sciences
The Reviewers Guide to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences Textbook designed for evaluators of research manuscripts and proposals in the social and behavioral sciences, and beyond.
