Understanding multivariate research : a primer for beginning social scientists / William D. Berry, Mitchell S. Sanders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berry, William Dale.

Contributor:

Sanders, Mitchell S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Multivariate analysis.

Regression analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Although nearly all major social science departments offer graduate students training in quantitative methods, the typical sequencing of topics generally delays training in regression analysis and other multivariate techniques until a student's second year. William Berry and Mitchell Sanders's Understanding Multivariate Research fills this gap with a concise introduction to regression analysis and other multivariate techniques. Their book is designed to give new graduate students a grasp of multivariate analysis sufficient to understand the basic elements of research relying on such analysis that they must read prior to their formal training in quantitative methods. Berry and Sanders effectively cover the techniques seen most commonly in social science journals--regression (including nonlinear and interactive models), logit, probit, and causal models/path analysis. The authors draw on illustrations from across the social sciences, including political science, sociology, marketing and higher education. All topics are developed without relying on the mathematical language of probability theory and statistical inference. Readers are assumed to have no background in descriptive or inferential statistics, and this makes the book highly accessible to students with no prior graduate course work."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface for Teachers and Students; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Bivariate Regression Model; 3 The Multivariate Regression Model; 4 Evaluating Regression Results; 5 Some Illustrations of Multiple Regression; 6 Advanced Topics; 7 Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613276575

9780429982996

0429982992

9780429971914

0429971915

9781283276573

1283276577

9780813346281

0813346282

OCLC:

746747168