Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences

Name: Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences
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ISBN: 9780415875363

ISBN-10: 0415875366

ISBN-13: 9780415875363

Edition: 2010

Authors: Rachel A. Gordon

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Book details

List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 6/12/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1016
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 4.4
Language: English

Rachel A. Gordon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Professor Gordon has multidisciplinary substantive and statistical training and a passion for understanding and teaching applied statistics.




Getting Started



Examples of Social Science Research Using Regression Analyses



Planning a Quantitative Research Project with Existing Data



Basic Features of Statistical Packages and Data Documentation



Basics of Writing Batch Programs with Statistical Packages



Basic Descriptive and Inferential Statistics



Basic Descriptive Statistics



Sample, Population and Sampling Distributions



Basic Inferential Statistics



Ordinary Least Squares Regression



Basic Concepts of Bivariate Regression



Basic Concepts of Multiple Regression



Dummy Variables



Interactions



Nonlinear Relationships



Indirect Effects and Omitted Variable Bias



Outliers, Heteroskedasticity, and Multicollinearity



The Generalized Linear Model



Introduction to the Generalized Linear Model with a Continuous Outcome



Dichotomous outcomes



Multi-Category Outcomes



Wrapping Up



Roadmap to Advanced Topics