Data analysis :
Lewis-Beck, Michael S.
Data analysis : an introduction / Michael S. Lewis-Beck. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, �1995. - 1 online resource (ix, 77 pages) : illustrations. - Sage university papers series. Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-103 . - Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-103. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 75).
1. Introduction -- 2. Data gathering -- The research question -- The sample -- The measures -- Data coding, entry, and checking -- 3. Univariate statistics -- Central tendency -- Dispersion -- Central tendency, dispersion, and outliers -- 4. Measures of association -- Correlation -- Ordinal data: the Tau measure of association -- Nominal data: Goodman and Kruskals' lambda -- Dichotomous variables: flexibility of choice -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. Significance testing -- The logic: a simple example -- Applying the logic: bivariate measures of association -- Summary and conclusion -- 6. Simple regression -- Y as a function of X -- The lease squares principle -- Intercept and slope -- Prediction and goodness-of-fit -- Significance tests and confidence intervals -- Presenting regression results: a summary guide -- 7. Multiple regression -- An example -- The notion of statistical control -- Specification error -- Dummy variables -- Collinearity -- Interaction effects -- Nonlinearity -- Summary and conclusion.
This accessible introduction to data analysis focuses on the interpretation of statistical results, in particular those which come from nonexperimental social research. It will provide social science researchers with the tools necessary to select and evaluate statistical tests appropriate for their research question.
0585212112 9780585212111 9781412983846 1412983843 9781452210346 1452210349
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Sciences sociales--M�ethodes statistiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Methodology.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Data-analyse.
Estatistica aplicada as ciencias sociais.
Social sciences Statistics
Electronic books.
HA29 / .L49 1995eb
300/.1/5195
Data analysis : an introduction / Michael S. Lewis-Beck. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, �1995. - 1 online resource (ix, 77 pages) : illustrations. - Sage university papers series. Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-103 . - Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-103. .
Includes bibliographical references (page 75).
1. Introduction -- 2. Data gathering -- The research question -- The sample -- The measures -- Data coding, entry, and checking -- 3. Univariate statistics -- Central tendency -- Dispersion -- Central tendency, dispersion, and outliers -- 4. Measures of association -- Correlation -- Ordinal data: the Tau measure of association -- Nominal data: Goodman and Kruskals' lambda -- Dichotomous variables: flexibility of choice -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. Significance testing -- The logic: a simple example -- Applying the logic: bivariate measures of association -- Summary and conclusion -- 6. Simple regression -- Y as a function of X -- The lease squares principle -- Intercept and slope -- Prediction and goodness-of-fit -- Significance tests and confidence intervals -- Presenting regression results: a summary guide -- 7. Multiple regression -- An example -- The notion of statistical control -- Specification error -- Dummy variables -- Collinearity -- Interaction effects -- Nonlinearity -- Summary and conclusion.
This accessible introduction to data analysis focuses on the interpretation of statistical results, in particular those which come from nonexperimental social research. It will provide social science researchers with the tools necessary to select and evaluate statistical tests appropriate for their research question.
0585212112 9780585212111 9781412983846 1412983843 9781452210346 1452210349
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Sciences sociales--M�ethodes statistiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Methodology.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Data-analyse.
Estatistica aplicada as ciencias sociais.
Social sciences Statistics
Electronic books.
HA29 / .L49 1995eb
300/.1/5195
