Analyzing Social Science Data (Record no. 195270)
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| fixed length control field | 03116cam a2200157 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780761959380 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 300.15195 |
| Item number | VAU/A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vaus, David de |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Analyzing Social Science Data |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | David de Vaus. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi; |
| -- | Thousand Oaks, Calif. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | SAGE, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiv, 401 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | PART ONE: HOW TO PREPARE DATA FOR ANALYSISHow to Code DataHow to Code Questions with Multiple AnswersCan the Respondent's Answers be Relied on?How to Check that the Right Thing is Being MeasuredTWO: HOW TO PREPARE VARIABLES FOR ANALYSISHow to Deal with Variables with Lots of Categories How to Identify and Change the Level of Measurement of VariablesHow to Deal with Questions that Fail to Identify Real Differences Between CasesHow to Rearrange the Categories of a VariableWhat to do with Gaps in the DataWhat to do with People who 'Don't Know', 'Have no Opinion' or 'Can't Decide'How to Tell if the Distribution is NormalHow to Tell if the Relationship is LinearHow to Tell if Outlier Cases are a ProblemWhat to do if the Required Variable is not AvailableHow to Compare Apples with Oranges Comparing Scores on Different VariablesPART THREE: HOW TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DATA TO ANALYSEHow to Work Out Which Variables to UseHow to Combine Information from a Set of Variables into a Single MeasureHow to Build a Good Likert ScaleHow to Build a Scale Using Factor AnalysisPART FOUR: HOW AND WHEN TO GENERALISEWhat Does it Mean to Generalize?How to Judge the Extent and Effect of Sample BiasHow to Weight Samples to Adjust for BiasWhat are Tests of Significance?Should Tests of Significance be Used?What Factors Affect Significance Levels?Is the Sample Large Enough to Achieve Statistical Significance?Should Confidence Intervals be Used?PART FIVE: HOW TO ANALYSE A SINGLE VARIABLEHow to Use Tables Effectively to Display the Distribution of a Single VariableHow to Use Graphs for Single VariablesWhich Summary Statistics to Use to Describe a Single VariableWhich Statistics to Use to Generalise about a Single VariablePART SIX: HOW TO ANALYSE TWO VARIABLESHow and When to Use CrosstabulationsWhich Graph to UseHow to Narrow down the Choice When Selecting Summary StatisticsHow to Interpret a Correlation CoefficientWhich Correlation?How much Impact Does a Variable Have?How to Tell if Groups are DifferentWhich Test of Significance?How are Confidence Intervals used in Bivariate Analysis?PART SEVEN: HOW TO CARRY OUT MULTIVARIATE ANALYSISUnderstanding Bivariate Relationships The Logic of Elaboration AnalysisUsing Conditional Tables as a Method of Elaboration AnalysisUsing Conditional Correlations for Elaboration AnalysisUsing Partial Tables as a Method of Elaboration AnalysisUsing Partial Correlations for Elaboration AnalysisWhat Type of Data are Needed for Multiple Regression?How to do a Multiple RegressionHow to Use Non-interval Variables in Multiple RegressionWhat Does the Multiple Regression Output Mean?What Other Multivariate Methods are Availabe? |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Social sciences |
| General subdivision | Statistical methods. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 01/05/2018 | 14 | 2096.79 | 300.15195 VAU/A | 46421 | 14/02/2024 | 14/02/2024 | General Books |