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Social statistics :

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0203073428

(Number (ISBN

0415661463

(Number (ISBN

0415661471

(Number (ISBN

9780203073421

(Number (ISBN

9780415661461

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9780415661478

Erroneous ISBN

9780203073421

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Title Proper

Social statistics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

managing data, conducting analyses, presenting results /

First Statement of Responsibility

Thomas J. Linneman.

Edition Statement

Second Edition.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 volume (various pagings) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

25 cm.

Series Title

Contemporary sociological perspectives

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages R-1-R-3) and index.

Text of Note

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Life in a data-laden age : finding and managing datasets -- The art of visual storytelling : creating accurate tables and graphs -- Summarizing center and diversity : basic descriptive statistics -- Using sample crosstabs to talk about populations : the chi-square test -- Using a sample mean or proportion to talk about a population : confidence intervals -- Using multiple sample means to talk about populations : t-tests and anova -- Give me one good reason why: bivariate correlation and regression -- Using sample slopes to talk about populations : inference and regression -- It's all relative : dichotomies as independent variables in regression -- Above and beyond: the logic of controlling and the power of nested regression models -- Some slopes are bigger than others : calculating and interpreting beta coefficients -- Different slopes for different folks : interaction effects -- Explaining dichotomous outcomes : logistic regression -- Visualizing causal stories : path analysis -- Questioning the greatness of straightness : nonlinear relationships -- Problems and prospects : regression diagnostics, advanced techniques, and where to go now -- Appendix A: Variables and indexes from the american national election studies, the world values survey, and three surveys from the pew internet and american life project -- Appendix B: Eighty-six articles that use statistics in less than scary ways -- Appendix C: Statistical tables -- Appendix D: Answers to selected end-of-chapter exercises -- Bibliography -- Glossary/index.

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Social sciences-- Statistical methods.

Statistics.

Linneman, Thomas John.

Date of Transaction

20140702043100.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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