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Exploring Data: An Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Scientists, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 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

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