Dr. Mark Paradis

Books

Books I have written, together with their free online materials — worked solutions, statistical tables, datasets, and replication code. The online materials do not require a purchase. Anyone can read or download them.

Making Sense of Social Data

First edition · 2026 · English · In preparation

A quantitative methods textbook for CEGEP and undergraduate social science. It teaches research design and statistical analysis in one volume, using four simulated datasets built for teaching — including a full population you can sample from repeatedly and check your answers against.

Comprendre les données sociales

Première édition française · 2026 · French · Translation in progress

The French edition of Making Sense of Social Data, for the Sciences humaines programme in Quebec CEGEPs. It is being translated chapter by chapter; the data, the statistical tables and the code are the same in both editions and are already available.

For instructors

The datasets and the R scripts that build them are released under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, so you can teach from them, modify them, and put them in your own course materials without asking me first.

Errata

Corrections are welcome and go into the next printing. Each book's page lists its known errata. If you have found something that is not there, tell me.