00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-8027390931312107167 Buklod 20251124085702.0 m |o d | ta 251124s2023 enk afrsb 001 0deng d 9781529774832 (pbk) 22754523 DLC DLAW rda eng JA 71.7 L68 2023 Loveless, Matthew author Political analysis a guide to data & statistics Matthew Loveless. London SAGE Publications Ltd 2023 vi, 492 pages illustrations 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. An Introduction-- The scientific method and statistics-- Theory and hypotheses-- Data and variables-- Research design-- Statistics and the scientific study of politics-- Descriptive statistics-- Univariate descriptive statistics-- Measures of association I: nominal- and ordinal-level variables-- Measures of association II: means comparison and correlation-- Measures of association III: (Bivariate) regression-- Inferential statistics-- An introduction to inference-- Inference for nominal- & ordinal-level variables-- The central limit theorem-- Inference for interval-level variables-- Multiple regression-- Extensions to multiple regression-- Issues with multiple regression-- Binary logistic regression-- Categorical and limited dependent variables-- Current debates-- Big alternatives-- The ethics of data analysis From news reporting on elections or unfolding political crises to everyday advertising, you are confronted with statistics. Rather than being swayed by bad arguments and questionable correlations, this book introduces you to the most common and contemporary statistical methods so that you can better understand the world. It's not about mindless number crunching or flashy techniques but about knowing when to use statistics as the best means to analyse a problem"-- Publisher. Political statistics. Political science statistical methods. FO UPD DLAW JA 71.7 L68 2023 Book