Quantitative Methods in Tourism/  a handbook 
Baggio,Rodolfo 
 - Bristol:  Channel view publications,  2011. 
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<br/><br/>Contents<br/>List of Examples List of Figures<br/>List of Tables<br/>Contributors<br/>Foreword<br/>Introduction<br/><br/>Part 1: The Analysis of Data<br/>Introduction to Part 1<br/>1 The Nature of Data in Tourism<br/>Introduction Data: A Taxonomy Data Harmonization, Standards and Collaboration Data Quality t Concluding Remarks Sources of Secondary Tourism Data<br/>2 Testing Hypotheses<br/>Introduction Parametric and Non-parametric Tests<br/>Effect Size and Statistical Power Sample Size and Significance A Summary of Statistical Tests<br/>3 Data Analysis Introduction Factor Analysis Cluster Analysis Multidimensional Scaling and Correspondence Analysis.<br/>4 Model Building Simple Regression Multiple Regression Logistic Regression Structural Equation Modeling Mediation and Moderation in Model Building Multi-Level Modeling<br/>v| Quantitative Methtods in<br/>5 Time-dependent Phenomena and Forecasting Introduction Basic Concepts of Time Series Filtering Techniques Comparing Time Series Models Combining Forecasts Stationarity; Stability and System Representations,<br/><br/>Part 2: Numerical Methods<br/>Introduction to Part 2<br/>6 Maximum Likelihood Estimation . Estimating Statistical Parameters.<br/>Likelihood Ratio Test<br/>7 Monte Carlo Methods Numerical Experiments Random and Pseudo-Random Numbers<br/>.8 Agent-based Modeling and Simulations Complex Adaptive Systems and Simulations Agent-based Models Issues with Agent-based Models Evaluation of an Agent-based Model Concluding Remarks<br/>Appendix: Software Programs 
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