With the help of numerous examples, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to statistics for students of social work, nursing and human sciences. After considering research questions, hypotheses, the relationship between theory and method as well as different study designs, it presents calculations of various distributions, hypothesis testing, bivariate analysis methods, analysis of variance and regression, as well as the basics of multilevel analysis, mixed models, multidimensional scaling and extracts for instrument development. The book contains numerous exercises, including detailed solutions. The authors have many years of experience in teaching statistics and standardised procedures.