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Data Analysis
An Introduction

Volume: 103
January 1995 | 88 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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This accessible introduction to data analysis focuses on the interpretation of statistical results, in particular those which come from nonexperimental social research. It will provide social science researchers with the tools necessary to select and evaluate statistical tests appropriate for their research question.

Using a consistent data-set throughout the book to illustrate the various analytic techniques, Michael Lewis-Beck covers topics such as: univariate statistics; measures of association; the statistical significance of the relationship between two variables; simple regression in which the dependent variable is influenced by a single independent variable; and multiple regression.

 
Introduction
 
Data-Gathering
 
Univariate Statistics
 
Measures of Association
 
Significance Testing
 
Simple Regression
 
Multiple Regression
 
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Provides a concise overview of important course concepts in a small book format that is affordable for students to purchase and easy for students to transport.

Dr Mark Stevens
Urban Studies , Univ of British Columbia
March 5, 2011
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Michael S. Lewis-Beck

Michael S. Lewis-Beck is F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.  His interests are comparative elections, election forecasting, political economy, and quantitative methodology.  He has been designated the 4th most cited political scientist since 1940, in the field of methodology. Professor Lewis-Beck has authored or co-authored over 240 articles and books, including Applied Regression: An Introduction, Data Analysis: An Introduction, Economics and Elections: The Major Western Democracies, Forecasting Elections, The American Voter... More About Author

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