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Political Analysis : A Guide to Data and Statistics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loveless, Matthew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political Science & International Relations.
- Political Science Statistics.
- Research Methods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (505 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Sage Text UK, 2023.
- Summary:
- Written in a uniquely engaging and entertaining style and built on a foundation of nearly 20 years' teaching experience, this is the perfect guide to understanding data and statistics for political analysis. Packed with thought-provoking real-world examples and data, imaginative illustrations, and easy to consume introductions to key methods, students are shown how statistical knowledge can help them better understand the world around them.
- Contents:
- POLITICAL ANALYSIS - FRONT COVER
- POLITICAL ANALYSIS
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- DISCOVER THIS TEXTBOOK'S ONLINE RESOURCES
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- A PROLOGUE
- AN INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER - 1 THE SCIENTIFIC METHODAND STATISTICS
- CHAPTER - 2 THEORY AND HYPOTHESES
- CHAPTER - 3 DATA AND VARIABLES
- CHAPTER - 4 RESEARCH DESIGN
- CHAPTER - 5 STATISTICS AND THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF POLITICS
- PART I DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- CHAPTER - 6 UNIVARIATE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- CHAPTER - 7 MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION I: NOMINAL- AND ORDINAL-LEVEL VARIABLES
- CHAPTER - 8 MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION II: MEANS COMPARISON AND CORRELATION
- CHAPTER - 9 MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION III: (BIVARIATE) REGRESSION
- PART II INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
- CHAPTER - 10 AN INTRODUCTION TO INFERENCE
- CHAPTER - 11 INFERENCE FOR NOMINAL- AND ORDINAL-LEVEL VARIABLES
- CHAPTER - 12 THE CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM
- CHAPTER - 13 INFERENCE FOR INTERVAL-LEVEL VARIABLES
- PART III MULTIPLE REGRESSION
- CHAPTER - 14 MULTIPLE REGRESSION
- CHAPTER - 15 EXTENSIONS TO MULTIPLE REGRESSION
- CHAPTER - 16 ISSUES WITH MULTIPLE REGRESSION
- CHAPTER - 17 BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION
- CHAPTER - 18 CATEGORICAL AND LIMITED DEPENDENT VARIABLES
- PART IV CURRENT DEBATES
- CHAPTER - 19 BIG ALTERNATIVES
- CHAPTER - 20 THE ETHICS OF DATA ANALYSIS
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Core text.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-03-623368-5
- 1-5296-1370-1
- 9781036233686
- OCLC:
- 1437377818
- Publisher Number:
- T277844
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