Discovering Sociology: Using Microcase Explorit W/Pac [With Access Code]

by Steven E. Barkan

This best selling software-based workbook lets students explore dozens of sociological topics and issues, using data from the United States and around the world. With the workbook and accompanying... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534617328
• ISBN13: 9780534617325
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent presentation from a statistical perspective

My copy of the CD did not explode (as it did for a previous reviewer), but I found this book very educational based purely on the statistical rather than on stories about sociology itself. This is a GREAT book for instructors to use for night classes in undergraduate studies where there isn't a lot of time for lecture, because this book, thru it's compelling examples, gives the students all the information they will ever need on how statistics tell the truth (and lie) about the state of the world and the people living in it.

Absolutely wonderful until it explodes!

This workbook is completely interactive. Students who have never before been exposed to statistics can get a real sense of what stats are and how they are used. If you are looking for a way to get students "ready" to deal with statistical math concepts, or to take the social sciences seriously, this could be it. Things to watch out for: some editing problems that make a few (only in one chapter) of the workbook questions unusable. Also, the CD I had was produced in such a manner that after repeated use it "fragmented" --that is, exploded inside my CD drive into about a zillion pieces. Dust. It was great before it exploded.