What are the key 'do's' and 'don'ts' in data analysis? How can you anticipate and tackle the main problems? In this novel and refreshing textbook David de Vaus directs students to the core of data analysis. The book is an authoritative guide to the problems facing beginners in the field. Fifty Key Problems in Data Analysis guides students in: * ......
Researchers in the social sciences and beyond are dealing more and more with massive quantities of text data requiring analysis, from historical letters to the constant stream of content in social media. Traditional texts on statistical analysis have focused on numbers, but this book will provide a practical introduction to the quantitative analysis of textual data. Using up-to-date R methods, this book will take readers through the text analysis process, from text mining and pre-processing the text to final analysis. It includes two major case studies using historical and more contemporary text data to demonstrate the practical applications of these methods. Currently, there is no introductory how-to book on textual data analysis with R that is up-to-date and applicable across the social sciences. Code and a variety of additional resources are available on an accompanying website for the book.
This volume provides a basic framework for using visual data - namely still photographs - as a tool for social analysis. The authors determine the importance of theoretical assumptions in analyzing these data and provide advice on how to use photographs in cognitive, symbolist and structuralist research. The book is richly illustrated with examples ranging from Native American masks to perfume advertisements.
Each volume in this series is organized around an individual presidency and gathers a host of biographical, analytical, and primary source historical material that will analyze the presidency and bring the president, his administration, and his times to life. The series focuses on key moments in U.S. political history as seen through the eyes of the most influential presidents to take the oath of office. Unique headnotes provide the context to data, tables and excerpted primary source documents. The format of each book follows the same organization and includes: [yen] Introduction [yen] Biographical Sketch [yen] Campaigns and Electoral Strategies [yen] Key Figures in the Administration, A to Z [yen] Administration Policies [yen] Crises and Flashpoints [yen] Relationship with Major Institutions [yen] After the White House [yen] Appendix: Timeline [yen] Bibliography [yen] Index Andrew Jackson, born in 1767, attained the rank of major general. Through his military exploits during the war of 1812, Jackson was nicknamed "Old Hickory." His victory in the Battle of New Orleans helped launch his political career. Four years later he defeated Adams and became the seventh president of the United States. He was the first westerner to be elected by the common man and not the elite, and the first to be a target of a presidential assassin. With the turmoil of the times, Jackson was confronted with sectional politics, nullification threats, and the responsibility of removing Native Americans from their ancestral homes. Jackson died in 1845.
A Sociology of Human-Animal Relations in Modernity
An investigation into the dramatic transformation of relationships between humans and animals in the 20th century. Arguing that changing relations with animals can only make sense by relating them to key aspects of social and cultural change, the author discusses issues including: theories of human-animal relations in modernity and postmodernity; ......
A Sociology of Human-Animal Relations in Modernity
An investigation into the dramatic transformation of relationships between humans and animals in the 20th century. Arguing that changing relations with animals can only make sense by relating them to key aspects of social and cultural change, the author discusses issues including: theories of human-animal relations in modernity and postmodernity; ......
Focusing on situations in which analysis of variance (ANOVA) involving the repeated measurement of separate groups of individuals is needed, Girden reveals the advantages, disadvanteges and counterbalancing issues of repeated measures situations. Using additive and nonadditive models to guide the analysis in each chapter, the book covers such topics as: the rationale for partitioning the sum of squares; detailed analyses to facilitate the interpretation of computer print-outs; the rationale for the F ratios in terms of expected means squares; validity assumptions for sphericity or circularity; approximate tests to perform when sphericity is not met. In addition, the text includes work on data with missing values and the use of quasi F ratios when one or more independent variable is of the random effects type.
By making introductory statistics interesting through comparing data on today's student generation with their parents' generation, and asking students to consider how people change as they grow older, the book uses data on subjective beliefs (such as freedom of speech and abortion) as well objective characteristics (years of schooling, marital status) to teach basic statistics using SPSS.
This concise overview demystifies the field of organizational development and is arranged in a convenient question and answer format within subject areas. The sequence of topics guides the reader from general statements, basic concepts and values to more specific questions concerning the organization and the manager. A list of suggested reading and training programmes is offered in the last section of the book.
