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020 _a9781138228634
041 _aENG
082 0 0 _a519.5
_bLIN
100 1 _aLinneman, Thomas John,
245 1 0 _aSocial statistics :
_bmanaging data, conducting analyses, presenting results /
_cThomas J. Linneman.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
_c2018.
300 _axl, 611 pages ;
_c24 cm
500 _aRevised edition of the author's Social statistics, 2014.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPreface -- Acknowledgments -- Life in a data-laden age : finding and managing datasets -- The art of visual storytelling : creating accurate tables and graphs -- Summarizing center and diversity : basic descriptive statistics -- Using sample crosstabs to talk about populations : the chi-square test -- Using a sample mean or proportion to talk about a population : confidence intervals -- Using multiple sample means to talk about populations : T-tests and Anova -- Give me one good reason why : bivariate correlation and regression -- Using sample slopes to talk about populations : inference and regression -- It's all relative: dichotomies as independent variables in regression -- Above and beyond : the logic of controlling and the power of nested regression models -- Some slopes are bigger than others : calculating and interpreting beta coefficients -- Different slopes for different folks : interaction effects -- Explaining dichotomous outcomes : logistic regression -- Visualizing causal stories : path analysis -- Questioning the greatness of straightness : nonlinear relationships -- Problems and prospects : regression diagnostics, advanced techniques, and where to grow -- Appendix a -- Appendix b -- Appendix c -- Appendix d -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xStatistical methods.
650 0 _aStatistics.
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