Quantitative Methods in Tourism/ a handbook
Baggio,Rodolfo
- Bristol: Channel view publications, 2011.
- 225
Contents List of Examples List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Foreword Introduction
Part 1: The Analysis of Data Introduction to Part 1 1 The Nature of Data in Tourism Introduction Data: A Taxonomy Data Harmonization, Standards and Collaboration Data Quality t Concluding Remarks Sources of Secondary Tourism Data 2 Testing Hypotheses Introduction Parametric and Non-parametric Tests Effect Size and Statistical Power Sample Size and Significance A Summary of Statistical Tests 3 Data Analysis Introduction Factor Analysis Cluster Analysis Multidimensional Scaling and Correspondence Analysis. 4 Model Building Simple Regression Multiple Regression Logistic Regression Structural Equation Modeling Mediation and Moderation in Model Building Multi-Level Modeling v| Quantitative Methtods in 5 Time-dependent Phenomena and Forecasting Introduction Basic Concepts of Time Series Filtering Techniques Comparing Time Series Models Combining Forecasts Stationarity; Stability and System Representations,
Part 2: Numerical Methods Introduction to Part 2 6 Maximum Likelihood Estimation . Estimating Statistical Parameters. Likelihood Ratio Test 7 Monte Carlo Methods Numerical Experiments Random and Pseudo-Random Numbers .8 Agent-based Modeling and Simulations Complex Adaptive Systems and Simulations Agent-based Models Issues with Agent-based Models Evaluation of an Agent-based Model Concluding Remarks Appendix: Software Programs