Social Statistics for a Diverse Society 4th Edition. Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Anna Leon-Guerrero Widely adopted in previous editions, the Fourth Edition of this bestselling text uniquely links social issues and sociological concepts with statistical techniques. Recognizing that we live in a world characterized by a growing diversity and richness of social differences, authors Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Anna Leon-Guerrero integrate clear explanations of statistical techniques with issues of particular relevance to society and of interest to students. Using straightforward prose, tapping students' intuition and common sense, Social Statistics for a Diverse Society teaches basic statistics while incorporating real inferential statistics, and research examples related to the dynamic interplay of race, class, gender, and other social variables within our society and the world at large. New to the Fourth Edition: * Merges the former electronic chapters on ANOVA and extended treatments of regression and correlation into the textbook * Moves the former Chapters 9 and 15, review chapters for descriptive and inferential statistics, to the CD to make the book more concise. * Updates and expands datasets with new data from the International Social Survey Programme and General Social Survey to provide the most up-to-date research information * Along with self-testing and review materials, the Web study site now also provides excerpts form journal articles to explore various techniques and illustrate concepts presented in the text. * An updated Instructor's Resource CD is available to qualified adopters. Social Statistics for a Diverse Society provides students with a revealing introduction to social science statistics. This Fourth Edition maintains the same informal, conversational writing style, along with the many pedagogical features that made previous editions so successful. In the development and production of the 4th edition every attempt has been made to ensure the book is as error-free as possible. It is an excellent textbook for students taking their first course in social statistics and can also be used in a number of sociological research methods courses.