Statistics for political analysis : understanding the numbers /: understanding the numbers. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Theresa Marchant-Shapiro, Southern Connecticut State University.
• Authors: Marchant-Shapiro, Theresa
• Contents: The political use of numbers: lies and statistics -- Measurement: counting the Biggel-Balls -- Measures of central tendency: that's some mean baseball -- Measures of dispersion: missing the mark -- Continuous probability: so what's normal anyway? -- Means testing: sampling a population -- Hypothesis testing: examining relationships -- Describing the pattern: what do you see? -- Chi-square and Cramer's V: what do you expect? -- Measures of association: making connections -- Multivariate relationships: taking control -- Bivariate regression: putting your ducks in a line -- Multiple regression: the final frontier -- Understanding the numbers: knowing what counts.
• Publisher Details: Washington DC : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (496 pages)
• Subjects: 320.015195; Statistics -- Textbooks; Political statistics -- Textbooks; Political statistics / Textbooks; Statistics / Textbooks; Political statistics; Statistics; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483323688; 1483323684
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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