The second edition of An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata (R): From Research Design to Final Report provides an integrated approach to methods, statistics, data analysis, and interpretation of results. The book features examples from social science research and news articles along with concise descriptions of statistics.
Packed with key definitions, concepts, and equations, our Business Statistics guide covers how to read and use data to make clear business decisions. This essential reference tool is written and organized for quick access to critical points allowing students and professionals to increase grades and sharpen skills of collecting, organizing, and ......
How Migrants Make the Economies They Move to a Lot Like the Ones They Left
A provocative new analysis of immigration's long-term effects on a nation's economy and culture. Over the last two decades, as economists began using big datasets and modern computing power to reveal the sources of national prosperity, their statistical results kept pointing toward the power of culture to drive the wealth of nations. In The ......
Statistical Design and Inference for the Social Sciences goes beyond the math to teach students how to use data to support meaningful, causal arguments.
Introductory Statistics provides students an accessible entry point into the field of statistics, articulating its significance across a broad spectrum of applications. Recognizing the growing prominence of statistical tools in everyday information interpretation, the text elucidates the value of statistical principles for everyone, not ......
Nonparametric Statistical Analyses and SPSS Applications
Ordinal Data: Nonparametric Statistical Analyses and SPSS Applications familiarizes students with the statistical analysis of ordinal data, commonly utilized in the fields of health, wellness, and behavioral sciences. The book offers foundational knowledge required for understanding and handling data types such as Likert-like scales, ordinal ......
This volume considers the history of econometrics, a field of economics that combines statistics, mathematics, and economic theory. Contributors scrutinize accounts of the field's shifting boundaries and the development of a cohesive scholarly community of econometricians. These essays consider applied research and methodologies in context and ......
This book is a macro-study of Indian business communities in Singapore through different phases of their growth since colonial times. It goes beyond the conventional labour-history approach to study Indian immigrants to Southeast Asia, both in terms of themselves and their connections with the peoples' movements. It looks at how Indian business ......
It is becoming more widely recognized that to move towards better dynamic representations of urban and regional processs, analytical frameworks are needed which simulate the characteristics and behaviour of individuals rather than of groups or aggregates of individuals. This volume reports progress with microsimulation, a methdology aimed at ......
