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Statistics for political analysis understanding the numbers / Theresa Marchant-Shapiro, Southern Connecticut State University.
| Author/creator | Marchant-Shapiro, Theresa |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press, [2015] |
| Description | xvii, 475 pages : color illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from SAGE Research Methods Core |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-454) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014451462 |
| ISBN | 9781452258652 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1452258651 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |