In this much-anticipated revision of the popular SPSS workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them for future political-science research. Students learn by doing with guided examples, more than 120 screenshots, and step-bystep instructions. Compatible with all releases of SPSS (12.0 through 19.0, as well as the student version), the new Fourth Edition includes brand-new or completely revised exercises. Two new data sets (2008 NES and 2008 GSS) and two revised data sets (on the 50 states and on 191 countries of the world) feature an expanded number of variables to provide greater latitude for performing original analysis.
A non-technical guide, introducing social science students to the most widely used computer package for analyzing quantitative data, the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
Sage University Papers Series: Quantitative applications in the social sciences
A concise, introductory text, Propensity Score Methods and Applications describes propensity score methods (PSM) and how they are used to balance the distributions of observed covariates between treatment conditions as a means to reduce ...
The text includes brief introductory and review material, and then proceeds through regression and modeling for the first half, and through ANOVA and Experimental Design in the second half.
Multivariate Data Analysis
A Course in Business Statistics
Stat2: Building Models for a World of Data (Preliminary Edition)
Applied Linear Statistical Models
This volume provides an introduction to multilevel analysis for applied researchers. The book presents two types of multilevel models: the multilevel regression model; and a model for multilevel covariance structures.
That's where Stats with Cats can help you out. The book will show you: How to decide what you should put in your dataset and how to arrange the data. How to decide what graphs and statistics to produce for your data.