Social Statistics for a Diverse Society 10th edition by Frankfort-Nachmias

Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 10th edition by Frankfort-Nachmias, published by Sage, teaches statistical reasoning through examples grounded in social inequality, diversity, and public issues. Intended for sociology and social science statistics courses, the text explains how to organize data, interpret distributions, test hypotheses, and understand relationships between variables. Students encounter descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, confidence intervals, t tests, chi-square, correlation, and regression in accessible language. The book emphasizes interpretation over memorization, helping readers connect numerical results to meaningful social questions and develop confidence using statistics responsibly.