ACU 201: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

Institution KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
Course SOCIOLOGY, GENDER AN...
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Social statistics is the use of statistical measurement tools to study human/social behavior in a social environment. This can be accomplished through drawing a particular group of people, evaluating a particular subset of data obtained about a group of people, or by observation and statistical analysis of a set of data that relates to people and their behaviours.
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