Complex surveys : a guide to analysis using R / Thomas Lumley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lumley, Thomas, 1969-

Series:

Wiley Series in Survey Methodology

Wiley Series in Survey Methodology ; v.565

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical statistics--Data processing.

Mathematical statistics.

R (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A complete guide to carrying out complex survey analysis using R As survey analysis continues to serve as a core component of sociological research, researchers are increasingly relying upon data gathered from complex surveys to carry out traditional analyses. Complex Surveys is a practical guide to the analysis of this kind of data using R, the freely available and downloadable statistical programming language. As creator of the specific survey package for R, the author provides the ultimate presentation of how to successfully use the software for analyzing data from complex s

Contents:

Complex Surveys: A Guide to Analysis Using R; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Acronyms; 1 Basic Tools; 2. Simple and Stratified sampling; 3. Cluster sampling; 4. Graphics; 5 Ratios and linear regression; 6 Categorical data regression; 7 Post-stratification, raking and calibration; 8 Two-phase sampling; 9 Missing data; 10 * Causal inference; Appendix A: Analytic Details; Appendix B: Basic R; Appendix C: Computational details; Appendix D: Database-backed design objects; Appendix E: Extending the package; References; Author Index; Topic Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612548307

9781118210932

111821093X

9781282548305

1282548301

9780470580066

0470580062

9780470580059

0470580054

OCLC:

587389543