{"product_id":"quantitative-data-analysis-9780470380031","title":"Quantitative Data Analysis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an accessible introduction to quantitative data analysis, concentrating on the key issues facing those new to research, such as how to decide which statistical procedure is suitable, and how to interpret the subsequent results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTables, Figures, Exhibits, and Boxes xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xxix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 CROSS-TABULATIONS 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Book via a Concrete Example 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Tabulations 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 MORE ON TABLES 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Logic of Elaboration 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuppressor Variables 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditive and Interaction Effects 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirect Standardization 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Final Note on Statistical Controls Versus Experiments 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 STILL MORE ON TABLES 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReorganizing Tables to Extract New Information 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen to Percentage a Table \"Backwards\" 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Tabulations in Which the Dependent Variable Is Represented by a Mean 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Dissimilarity 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting About Cross-Tabulations 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 ON THE MANIPULATION OF DATA BY COMPUTER 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Data Files Are Organized 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransforming Data 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4.A Doing Analysis Using Stata 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTips on Doing Analysis Using Stata 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Particularly Useful Stata 10.0 Commands 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 INTRODUCTION TO CORRELATION AND REGRESSION (ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES) 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantifying the Size of a Relationship: Regression Analysis 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing the Strength of a Relationship: Correlation Analysis 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Relationship Between Correlation and Regression Coeffi cients 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFactors Affecting the Size of Correlation (and Regression) Coeffi cients 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCorrelation Ratios 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPLE CORRELATION AND REGRESSION (ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES) 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Worked Example: The Determinants of Literacy in China 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDummy Variables 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Strategy for Comparisons Across Groups 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Bayesian Alternative for Comparing Models 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndependent Validation 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 MULTIPLE REGRESSION TRICKS: TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING SPECIAL ANALYTIC PROBLEMS 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNonlinear Transformations 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTesting the Equality of Coeffi cients 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrend Analysis: Testing the Assumption of Linearity 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinear Splines 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpressing Coeffi cients as Deviations from the Grand Mean (Multiple Classifi cation Analysis) 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Ways of Representing Dummy Variables 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecomposing the Difference Between Two Means 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 MULTIPLE IMPUTATION OF MISSING DATA 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Worked Example: The Effect of Cultural Capital on Educational Attainment in Russia 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 SAMPLE DESIGN AND SURVEY ESTIMATION 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurvey Samples 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Worked Example: Societal Differences in Status Attainment 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobust Regression 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBootstrapping and Standard Errors 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 SCALE CONSTRUCTION 241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValidity 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReliability 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScale Construction 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eErrors-in-Variables Regression 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 LOG-LINEAR ANALYSIS 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChoosing a Preferred Model 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParsimonious Models 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Bibliographic Note 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 12.A Derivation of the Effect Parameters 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 12.B Introduction to Maximum Likelihood Estimation 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMean of a Normal Distribution 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLog-Linear Parameters 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 BINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelation to Log-Linear Analysis 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Worked Logistic Regression Example:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePredicting Prevalence of Armed Threats 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Second Worked Example: Schooling Progression Ratios in Japan 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Third Worked Example (Discrete-Time Hazard-Rate Models): Age at First Marriage 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Fourth Worked Example (Case-Control Models):\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Was Appointed to a Nomenklatura Position in Russia? 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 13.A Some Algebra for Logs and Exponents 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 13.B Introduction to Probit Analysis 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 MULTINOMIAL AND ORDINAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION AND TOBIT REGRESSION 335\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultinomial Logit Analysis 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrdinal Logistic Regression 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTobit Regression (and Allied Procedures) for Censored Dependent Variables 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Models for the Analysis of Limited Dependent Variables 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 IMPROVING CAUSAL INFERENCE: FIXED EFFECTS AND RANDOM EFFECTS MODELING 363\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Is About 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed Effects Models for Continuous Variables 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRandom Effects Models for Continuous Variables 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Worked Example: The Determinants of Income in China 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed Effects Models for Binary Outcomes 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Bibliographic Note 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 FINAL THOUGHTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS: RESEARCH DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION ISSUES 381\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat this Chapter is About 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearch Design Issues 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Importance of Probability Sampling 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Final Note: Good Professional Practice 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Chapter Has Shown 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A: Data Descriptions and Download Locations for the Data Used in This Book 407\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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