Modern Methods of Data Analysis
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. April 1990
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-8039-3366-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume seeks to move the standard of statistical analysis and presentation in the social sciences towards an accurate and sensitive representation of data. This is accomplished by focusing on four themes: an emphasis on graphical data analysis; the use of computers for doing intensive computations; regression analysis; and sampling characteristics of data.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
742 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-3366-8 (9780803933668)
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John Fox received a BA from the City College of New York and a PhD from the University of Michigan, both in Sociology. He is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he was previously the Senator William McMaster Professor of Social Statistics. Prior to coming to McMaster, he was Professor of Sociology, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, and Coordinator of the Statistical Consulting Service at York University in Toronto. Professor Fox is the author of many articles and books on applied statistics, including \emph{Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Third Edition} (Sage, 2016). He is an elected member of the R Foundation, an associate editor of the Journal of Statistical Software, a prior editor of R News and its successor the R Journal, and a prior editor of the Sage Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences monograph series.
Scott Long is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Sociology and Statistics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He teaches quantitative methods both at Indiana University and at the ICSPR Summer Program. His earlier research examined gender differences in the scientific career. In recent years, he has collaborated with Eliza Pavalko, Bernice Pescsolido, John Bancroft, Julia Heiman and others in studies of health and aging, stigma and mental health, and human sexuality.
Scott Long is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Sociology and Statistics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He teaches quantitative methods both at Indiana University and at the ICSPR Summer Program. His earlier research examined gender differences in the scientific career. In recent years, he has collaborated with Eliza Pavalko, Bernice Pescsolido, John Bancroft, Julia Heiman and others in studies of health and aging, stigma and mental health, and human sexuality.
Content
Introduction - John Fox and J Scott Long
Graphical Perception - Ian Spence and Stephan Lewandowsky
Describing Univariate Distributions - John Fox
A Survey of Smoothing Techniques - Colin Goodall
Finding Transformations for Regression Using the ACE Algorithm - Richard D De Veaux
Geometry of Multiple Regression and Interactive 3-D Graphics - Georges Monette
Regression Diagnostics - Kenneth A Bollen and Robert W Jackman
An Expository Treatment of Outliers and Influential Cases
A Primer on Robust Regression - Richard A Berk
An Introduction to Bootstrap Methods - Robert A Stine
Examples and Ideas
The Analysis of Social Science Data with Missing Values - Roderick J A Little and Donald B Rubin
Selection Bias in Linear Regression, Logit and Probit Models - Jeffrey A Dubin and Douglas Rivers
Graphical Perception - Ian Spence and Stephan Lewandowsky
Describing Univariate Distributions - John Fox
A Survey of Smoothing Techniques - Colin Goodall
Finding Transformations for Regression Using the ACE Algorithm - Richard D De Veaux
Geometry of Multiple Regression and Interactive 3-D Graphics - Georges Monette
Regression Diagnostics - Kenneth A Bollen and Robert W Jackman
An Expository Treatment of Outliers and Influential Cases
A Primer on Robust Regression - Richard A Berk
An Introduction to Bootstrap Methods - Robert A Stine
Examples and Ideas
The Analysis of Social Science Data with Missing Values - Roderick J A Little and Donald B Rubin
Selection Bias in Linear Regression, Logit and Probit Models - Jeffrey A Dubin and Douglas Rivers