Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis

Download or read book Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis written by Cramer, Duncan and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a variety of statistical techniques used to analyse quantitative data that masters students, advanced undergraduates and researchers in the social sciences are expected to be able to understand and undertake. This book explains these techniques, when it is appropriate to use them, how to carry them out and how to write up the results. The following features characterize this book: concise and accessible introduction to calculating and interpreting advanced statistical techniques; use of a small data set of simple numbers specifically designed to illustrate the nature and manual calculation of the most important statistics in each technique; succinct illustration of writing up the results of these analyses; minimum of mathematical, statistical and technical notation; annotated bibliography and glossary of key concepts.