Exploring data : an introduction to data analysis for social scientists /
Marsh, Catherine.
Exploring data : an introduction to data analysis for social scientists / - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Polity, c2008. - xxiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distributions and variables -- Numerical summaries of level and spread -- Scaling and standardizing -- Inequality -- Smoothing time series -- Percentage tables -- Analysing contingency tables -- Handling several batches -- Scatterplots and resistant lines -- Transformations -- Causal explanations -- Three-variable contingency tables and beyond -- Longitudinal data.
This edition of this classic text introduces a range of techniques for exploring quantitative data. Beginning with an emphasis on descriptive statistics and graphical approaches, later chapters move on to simple strategies for examining the associations between variables using inferential statistics such as chi squared.
9780745622828 (hbk.) 9780745622828: £55.00 0745622828 (hbk.) 0745622836 (pbk.) 9780745622835 (pbk.)
Data Interpretation, Statistical.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
300.15195 / MAR
Exploring data : an introduction to data analysis for social scientists / - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Polity, c2008. - xxiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distributions and variables -- Numerical summaries of level and spread -- Scaling and standardizing -- Inequality -- Smoothing time series -- Percentage tables -- Analysing contingency tables -- Handling several batches -- Scatterplots and resistant lines -- Transformations -- Causal explanations -- Three-variable contingency tables and beyond -- Longitudinal data.
This edition of this classic text introduces a range of techniques for exploring quantitative data. Beginning with an emphasis on descriptive statistics and graphical approaches, later chapters move on to simple strategies for examining the associations between variables using inferential statistics such as chi squared.
9780745622828 (hbk.) 9780745622828: £55.00 0745622828 (hbk.) 0745622836 (pbk.) 9780745622835 (pbk.)
Data Interpretation, Statistical.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
300.15195 / MAR