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Microcomputer Methods for Social Scientists

Second Edition

Philip A. Schrodt - Pennsylvania State University, USA, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA, Northwestern University, USA

Volume: 40

Series:
Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

Other Titles in:
Quantitative/Statistical Research

96 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

This revised edition of Schrodt's guide to microcomputer uSAGE for social scientists reflects the changes in systems, software and uSAGE which have taken place over the last three years. Schrodt adds material on: the Apple Macintosh system; the development of mainframe-quality statistical packages for micros; the development of Pascal and C as programming languages; the introduction of affordable desk-top publishing, graphics editing and RAM-resident utilities.

Introduction

Hardware

Operating Systems

Editors and Word Processing

Programming

Statistics and Numerical Processing

Other Software

Graphics

Odds and Ends

Final Thoughts

Bibliography

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Philip A. Schrodt

Ph.D. Indiana University 1976. Before coming to Penn State, Professor Schrodt was a professor of political science at the University of Kansas and at Northwestern University in Illinois, where he helped develop Northwestern's programs on Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and the multidisciplinary program in international studies. Dr. Schrodt has also taught at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, the American University in Cairo, the University of California at Davis, Bir Zeit University in the West Bank, and spent a year at the University of Lancaster (England) on a NATO Postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Schrodt's... More About Author

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