A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Stata Companion to Political Analysis
• Further Information: Note: Philip H. Pollock III.
• Other Names: III, Pollock, Philip H
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to Stata; Information about a Dataset; Information about Variables; Do-Files; Log Files; Printing Results and Copying Output; A CLOSER LOOK: Weighting the gss2012 and nes2012 Datasets; Getting Help; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics; Interpreting Measures of Central Tendency and Variation; Describing Nominal Variables; Describing Ordinal Variables; Describing Interval Variables; Obtaining Bar Charts and Histograms; Obtaining Case-Level Information with sort and list; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 3: Transforming Variables; Transforming Categorical Variables; Transforming Interval Variables; A CLOSER LOOK: The xtile command; The label define and label values Commands; Creating an Additive Index; Creating Indicator Variables; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 4: Making Comparisons; Cross-Tabulation Analysis; Mean Comparison Analysis; A CLOSER LOOK: The format Command; A CLOSER LOOK: The replace Command; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 5: Making Controlled Comparisons; Cross-Tabulation Analysis with a Control Variable; A CLOSER LOOK: The If Qualifier; Mean Comparison Analysis with a Control Variable; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 6: Making Inferences about Sample Means; Describing a Sample Mean; Testing the Difference between Two Sample Means; Extending the mean and lincom Commands; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 7: Chi-square and Measures of Association; Analyzing Ordinal-Level Relationships; Analyzing an Ordinal-Level Relationship with a Control Variable; Analyzing Nominal-Level Relationships; Analyzing Unweighted Data with the tabulate Command; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 8: Correlation and Linear Regression; The correlate Command and the regress Command; A CLOSER LOOK: R-squared and Adjusted R-squared: What’s the Difference?; Creating a Scatterplot with a Linear Prediction Line; Multiple Regression; A CLOSER LOOK: Bubble Plots; Correlation and Regression with Weighted Data; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 9: Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects; Regression with Dummy Variables; A CLOSER LOOK: The test Command; Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression; Graphing Linear Prediction Lines for Interaction Relationships; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 10: Logistic Regression; The logit Command and the logistic Command; Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables; A CLOSER LOOK: The estimates Command and the lrtest Command; Working with Predicted Probabilities; MERS-MEMS Hybrids; Exercises; Notes; Chapter 11: Doing Your Own Political Analysis; Five Doable Ideas; Inputting Data; Writing It Up; Notes;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.0285555; Political statistics -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Analysis of variance -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Analysis of variance -- Computer programs; Political statistics -- Computer programs; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483370637; 1483370631
• Related ISBNs: 9781452240428
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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