社会学是起源于西方的一门社会科学，研究的是在社会形态下的人如何思想和行动，最早被严复翻译成“群学”，因为它研究的不是作为生物体的人，而是生活在社会之中并与其他人保持密切交往的人。社会学一方面教给人们如何去理解社会变化的规律，学习认识社会的研究方法，另一方面也在教导人应当如何在社会中生活，应当如何做人。本书是《社会学精品原版教材系列》之一。

Preface

Getting Started

Part I Introduction and Univariate Analyses

Chapter 1 Statistics and Variables

 1.1 Doing Some Statistics

 1.2 Exiting MicroCase

  Exercises

Chapter 2 Frequency and Percentage Distributions

 2.1 Univariate Graphs and Tables

 2.2 Excluding Missing Data

 2.3 Collapsing Variables

 2.4 Selecting Subsets

 2.5 Mapping Variables

 2.6 Printing, Copying, and Other Tools

  Exercises

Chapter 3 Averages

  Exercises

Chapter 4 Measures of Variation

  Exercises

Part II Bivariate Analyses

Chapter 5 Cross-tabulation

Exercises

Chapter 6 The Chi-Square Test of Statistical Significance

  Exercises

Chapter 7 Measures of Association for Cross-tabulations

  Exercises

Chapter 8 Comparison of Means and t Test

  Exercises

Chapter 9 Analysis of Variance

  Exercises

Chapter 10 Regression and Correlation

  Exercises

Part III Multivariate Analyses

Chapter 11 Multivariate Cross-tabulation

  Exercises

Chapter 12 Multiple Regression and Correlation

  Exercises

Appendices

Appendix A Creating a MicroCase File

Appendix B Variable Names and Sources

Appendix C The General Social Survey