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An introduction to political and social data analysis (with R) / Thomas M. Holbrook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holbrook, Thomas M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political science--Data processing.
- Political science.
- Political science--Research--Methodology.
- Social sciences--Data processing.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
- R (Computer program language).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 450 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : Sage, [2025]
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Research and Data
- Political and Social Data Analysis
- Data Analysis or Statistics?
- Uses of Data Analysis
- The Research Process
- Interests and Expectations
- Theory
- Hypotheses
- Research Preparation
- Measurement Issues
- Data Gathering
- Data Analysis and Interpretation
- Feedback
- Other Data-Related Issues
- Levels of Measurement
- Divisibility of Data
- Level of Analysis
- Observational Versus Experimental Data
- Causal Language
- Next Steps
- Exercises
- Chapter 2: Using R to Do Data Analysis
- Accessing R
- RStudio and Posit Cloud
- Downloading R and RStudio
- Opening RStudio
- Understanding Where R (or Any Program) Fits In
- Time to Use R
- Downloading and Importing Data
- Examine the Dataset
- Get a Graph
- Some R Terminology
- Data Frames
- Objects and Functions
- Storing Results in New Objects
- Packages and Libraries
- Managing Files and Output
- Working Directory
- Save Your Work
- Creating Documents
- Standard Word Processing Document
- Quarto Document
- Chapter 3: Frequencies and Basic Graphs
- Get Ready
- Introduction
- Frequencies
- The Limits of Frequency Tables
- Graphing Outcomes
- Bar Charts
- Getting Bar Charts With Frequencies
- Bar Chart Limitations
- Histograms
- Density Plots
- A Few Add-Ons for Graphing
- Chapter 4: Data Preparation
- Data Transformations
- Don't Forget Script Files
- Changing Variable Names
- Changing Attributes
- Variable Class
- Value Labels
- Collapsing and Reordering Categories
- Collapsing Categories
- Reordering Categories
- Combining Variables
- Collapsing Numeric Variables
- Creating an Index
- Save Your Changes
- Chapter 5: Measures of Central Tendency
- Central Tendency
- Mode
- Median
- The Mean
- Dichotomous Variables
- Mean, Median, and the Distribution of Variables
- An R Code Digression
- Skewness Statistic
- Log Transformations
- Adding Legends to Graphs
- Chapter 6: Measures of Dispersion
- Introduction
- Measures of Spread
- Range
- Interquartile Range (IQR)
- Boxplots
- The IQR With Ordered Variables
- Dispersion Around the Mean
- Average Deviation From the Mean
- Mean Absolute Deviation
- Variance
- Standard Deviation
- Importance of Scale
- Don't Make Bad Comparisons
- Dispersion in Categorical Variables?
- The Standard Deviation and the Normal Curve
- Really Important Caveat
- Calculating Area Under a Normal Curve
- One Last Thing
- Chapter 7: Probability
- Probability
- Theoretical Probabilities
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Holbrook, Thomas M. Introduction to political and social data analysis (with R)
- ISBN:
- 9781071929438
- 1071929437
- 9781071929445
- 1071929445
- 9781071929452
- 1071929453
- Publisher Number:
- 90102815856
- CIPO000140456
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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