Data Analysis: An Introduction

by Michael S. Lewis-Beck

Book Overview

This accessible introduction to data analysis focuses on the interpretation of statistical results, in particular those which come from nonexperimental social research. It will provide social science researchers with the tools necessary to select and evaluate statistical tests appropriate for their research question.

Using a consistent data-set throughout the book to illustrate the various analytic techniques, Michael Lewis-Beck covers topics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803957726
• ISBN13: 9780803957725
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Quick & Easy Guide to Statistics

As a Phd student in sociology, I find this booklet indispensable as a quick and easy reference guide to all the basics of social science statistical analysis. After going through more complicated texts such as Lewis-Beck's "Applied Regression: an Introduction" and Berry and Feldman's "Multiple Regression in Practice", I find this small booklet extremely helpful and clear in its explanations of the logic of basic bivariate and multiple regression analysis, as well as significance testing. It is quite useful as a tool to review the basic methods of analysis, and I especially like the list of regression assumptions at the end, all of which we had to memorize and explain for qualifying exams! I would only request a separate section and more detailed explanation of the Chi-square test, complete with application examples.