Rosenthal (U. of Oklahoma, Norman) explains statistics by introducing the basic concepts and presenting case examples, exercises, and applications from social work, human services, and counseling. Chapters cover descriptive procedures for one variable, association between two variables, causal and noncausal relationships, inferential statistics, selected significance tests, and data interpretation models. Appendixes address basic math, computer exercises, appropriate measures, symbols in the text, and formulas in the text. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)