Exploring Data: An Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Scientists, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-7456-2283-5
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305 pages
December 2008, Polity
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Detailed Table of Contents.
List of Figures.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
Part I: Single Variables.
1. Distribution Variables.
2. Numerical Summaries of Level and Spread.
3. Scaling and Standardising.
4. Inequality.
5. Smoothing Time Series.
Part II: Relationships between Two Variables.
6. Percentage Tables.
7. Analysing Contingency Tables.
8. Handling Several Batches.
9. Scatterplots and Resistant Lines.
10. Transformations.
Part III: Introducing a Third Variable.
11. Causal Explanations.
12. Three-Variable Contingency Tables and Beyond.
13. Longitudinal Data.
Footnotes.
References