 Exploring Data: An Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Scientists
ISBN: 978-0-7456-0172-4
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408 pages
January 1991, Polity
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Foreword -
Sir Claus Moser.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part I: SINGLE VARIABLES.
1. Distributions and Variables.
2. Numerical Summaries of Level and Spread.
3. Scaling and Standardizing.
4. Price Indices.
5. Inequality.
Part II: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES.
6. Handling Several Batches.
7. Percentage Tables.
8. Analyzing Contingency Tables.
9. Smoothing Time Series.
10. Scatterplots and Resistant Lines.
11. Transformations.
Part III: INTRODUCING A THIRD VARIABLE.
12. Causal Explanations.
13. Three Variable Contingency Tables.
14. Standardization.
15. Median Polishing.
16. The Datasets.
Sir Claus Moser.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part I: SINGLE VARIABLES.
1. Distributions and Variables.
2. Numerical Summaries of Level and Spread.
3. Scaling and Standardizing.
4. Price Indices.
5. Inequality.
Part II: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES.
6. Handling Several Batches.
7. Percentage Tables.
8. Analyzing Contingency Tables.
9. Smoothing Time Series.
10. Scatterplots and Resistant Lines.
11. Transformations.
Part III: INTRODUCING A THIRD VARIABLE.
12. Causal Explanations.
13. Three Variable Contingency Tables.
14. Standardization.
15. Median Polishing.
16. The Datasets.
