Statistics for Political Analysis : Understanding the Numbers /: Understanding the Numbers. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Theresa Marchant-Shapiro.
• Authors: Marchant-Shapiro, Theresa
• Contents: 1. The Political Use of Numbers: Lies and Statistics; The Power of Numbers; The Science of Politics; Introductory Statistics: An Overview; Removing the Barriers to Understanding How Statistics Works; The Importance of Statistics: This Book’s Approach; Using Data to Answer a Question; A Political Application: Indoctrination U; Your Turn: Using Statistics; Apply It Yourself: Assess Grants to Political Scientists; Key Terms; 2. Measurement: Counting the Biggel-Balls; Finding Your Cases; Measure an Attribute; Evaluate the Conceptual and Operational Definitions; Translate Information in Numbers: Coding Your Data; Get a Frequency Distribution; Summarizing the Process: Measurement; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Measurement; Your Turn: Measurement; Apply It Yourself: Measure the Norm for Chief Justice Appointments; Key Terms; 3. Measures of Central Tendency: That’s Some Mean Baseball; Measures of Central Tendency; Summarizing the Math: Averages; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Averages; Your Turn: Measures of Central Tendency; Apply It Yourself: Calculate the Percent of Earned Income; Key Terms; 4. Measures of Dispersion: Missing the Mark; Ranges; Distance from Mean; Summarizing the Math: Dispersion; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Measures of Dispersion; Your Turn: Measures of Dispersion; Apply It Yourself: Evaluate Graduates’ Salaries; Key Terms; 5. Continuous Probability: So What’s Normal Anyway?; The Normal Curve; Z-Scores; Finding a Z-Score; Use Probability to Calculate Z-Scores; Summarizing the Math: Probabilities of Continuous Events; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Continuous Probability; Your Turn: Continuous Probability; Apply It Yourself: Evaluate the Murder Rate; Key Terms; 6. Means Testing: Sampling a Population; Type I and Type II Errors; Means Testing; Confidence Intervals: Two-Tailed Distributions; Choose a Sample Size; Summarizing the Math: Sampling a Population; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Means Testing; Your Turn: Means Testing; Apply It Yourself: Assess Maternal Mortality Rate Increases; Key Terms; 7. Hypothesis Testing: Examining Relationships; Hypothesis Testing; Summarizing the Math: Hypothesis Testing and ANOVA; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with ANOVA; Your Turn: Hypothesis Testing; Apply It Yourself: Examine Partisanship’s Affect on Feelings toward the Democratic Party; Key Terms; 8. Describing the Pattern: What Do You See?; Choosing the Appropriate Form of Presentation; Graphs: Relationships and Scales; Visualizing a Relationship: Contingency Tables; Summarizing the Math: Graphs and Contingency Tables; Use SPSS to Answer a Question Using a Contingency Table; Your Turn: Describing the Pattern; Apply It Yourself: Determine Stability across Legislative Systems; Key Terms; 9. Chi-Square and Cramer’s V: What Do You Expect?; The Probability of Discrete Events; Chi-Square; Cramer’s V; Summarizing the Math: Chi-Square and Cramer’s V; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Chi-Square and Cramer’s V; Your Turn: Chi-Square and Cramer’s V; Apply It Yourself: Analyze Data by Type; Key Terms; 10. Measures of Association: Making Connections; Basic Principles of Measures of Association; Pearson’s R; Gamma; Lambda; Summarizing the Math: Measures of Association; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Measures of Association; Your Turn: Measures of Association; Apply It Yourself: Measure Poor Student Graduation Rates; Key Terms; 11. Multivariate Relationships: Taking Control; Spurious Relationships; Interaction Effects; Three-Way Contingency Tables; Summarizing the Process: Setting Up Three-Way Contingency Tables; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with a Three-Way Contingency Table; Your Turn: Multivariate Relationships; Apply It Yourself: Analyze Data on Race for Partisanship and Income; Key Terms; 12. Bivariate Regression: Putting Your Ducks in a Line; Graph a Relationship; Fit the Data with the Ordinary Least Squares Estimate of the Line; Find the Statistical Significance; Find the Strength of the Relationship; Use Regressions with Time Series Data; Interpret Regressions with Dichotomous Independent Variables; Summarizing the Math: Regression; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Bivariate Regression; Your Turn: Bivariate Regression; Apply It Yourself: Analyze Influences on Corruption; Key Terms; 13. Multiple Regression: The Final Frontier; Using Regression to Control for Other Variables; The Assumptions of Regression; Summarizing the Process: Multiple Regression; Use SPSS to Answer a Question with Multiple Regression; Your Turn: Multiple Regression; Apply It Yourself: Evaluate the Impact of Multiple Factors on the 2012 Presidential Election; Key Terms; 14. Understanding the Numbers: Knowing What Counts; Measurement; Univariate Statistics; Multivariate Statistics; Keeping the Numbers Meaningful; Embracing the Uncertainty; Key Terms; Reference Materials; Notes; Glossary; Index;
• Publisher Details: Washington DC : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (496 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483312484; 1483312488
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