Exploring data: an introduction to data analysis for social scientist/
Marsh, Catherine.
Exploring data: an introduction to data analysis for social scientist/ Catherine Marsh. - Cambridge: Polity Press, - 385 p.
Part 1: SINGLE VARIABLES ;
1. Distributions and Variables ;
2. Numerical Summaries of Level and Spread ;
3. Scaling and Standardizing ;
4. Price Indices ;
5. Inequality ;
Part 2: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES ;
6. Handling Several Batches ;
7. Percentage Tables ;
8. Analyzing Contingency Tables ;
9. Smoothing Time Series ;
10. Scatterplots and Resistant Lines ;
11. Transformations ;
Part 3: INTRODUCING A THIRD VARIABLE ;
12. Causal Explanations ;
13. Three Variable Contingency Tables ;
14. Standardization ;
15. Median Polishing ;
16. The Datasets.
9780745601724
Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
300.15195 / MAR/E
Exploring data: an introduction to data analysis for social scientist/ Catherine Marsh. - Cambridge: Polity Press, - 385 p.
Part 1: SINGLE VARIABLES ;
1. Distributions and Variables ;
2. Numerical Summaries of Level and Spread ;
3. Scaling and Standardizing ;
4. Price Indices ;
5. Inequality ;
Part 2: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES ;
6. Handling Several Batches ;
7. Percentage Tables ;
8. Analyzing Contingency Tables ;
9. Smoothing Time Series ;
10. Scatterplots and Resistant Lines ;
11. Transformations ;
Part 3: INTRODUCING A THIRD VARIABLE ;
12. Causal Explanations ;
13. Three Variable Contingency Tables ;
14. Standardization ;
15. Median Polishing ;
16. The Datasets.
9780745601724
Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
300.15195 / MAR/E