Bibliograph

Quantitative data analysis, doing social research to test ideas, Donald J. Treiman

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Quantitative data analysis, doing social research to test ideas, Donald J. Treiman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-430) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Quantitative data analysis

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

233544914

Responsibility statement

Donald J. Treiman

Series statement

Research methods for the social sciences

Sub title

doing social research to test ideas

Summary

This book is an accessible introduction to quantitative data analysis, concentrating on the key issues facing those new to research, such as how to decide which statistical procedure is suitable, and how to interpret the subsequent results

Table Of Contents

Cross-tubulations -- More on tables -- Still more on tables -- On the manipulation of data by computer -- Introduction to correlation and regression (ordinary least squares) -- Introduction to multiple correlation and regressions (ordinary least squares) -- Multiple regression tricks: techniques for handling special analytic problems -- Multiple imputation of missing data -- Sample design and survey estimation -- Regression diagnostics -- Scale construction -- Log-linear analysis -- Bionomial logistic regression -- Multinomial and ordinal logistic regression and tobit regression -- Improving causal inference: fixed effects and random effects modeling -- Final thoughts and future directions: research design and interpretation issues

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Doing social research to test ideas

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