Social science students despise statistics. For one thing, most have a non-mathematical background,
which makes understanding complex statistical equations very difficult. The major
advantage in being taught statistics in the early 1990s (as I was) compared to the 1960s was
the development of computer software to do all of the hard work. The advantage of learning
statistics now rather than 15 years ago is that Windows™/MacOS™ enable us to just click on
stuff rather than typing in horribly confusing commands (although, as you will see, we can
still type in horribly confusing commands if we want to). One of the most commonly