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Applied statistics using Stata : a guide for the social sciences / Mehmet Mehmetoglu, Tor Georg Jakobsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mehmetoglu, Mehmet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stata.
- Statistics--Data processing.
- Statistics.
- Social sciences--Research--Statistical methods--Computer programs.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Research--Statistical methods.
- Computer programs.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage Publications, 2017.
- Summary:
- Focuses on questions that can be answered using statistics and addresses common themes and problems in a straightforward, easy-to-follow manner. The book carefully combines the conceptual aspects of statistics with detailed technical advice providing both the 'why' of statistics and the 'how'. Built upon a variety of engaging examples from across the social sciences it provides a rich collection of statistical methods and models. Students are encouraged to see the impact of theory whilst simultaneously learning how to manipulate software to meet their needs.
- Contents:
- Research and statistics
- Introduction to Stata
- Simple (bivariate) regression
- Multiple regression
- Dummy-variable regression
- Interaction/moderation effects using regression
- Linear regression assumptions and diagnostics
- Logistic regression
- Multilevel analysis
- Panel data analysis
- Exploratory factor analysis
- Structural equation modelling and confirmatory factor analysis
- Critical issues.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781473913226
- 1473913225
- 9781473913233
- 1473913233
- OCLC:
- 959266106
- Publisher Number:
- 99971092152
- Online:
- Companion website
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