Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:

Computation and interpretation of data is integrated in this book with the key concepts of social scientific enquiry. Statistical analysis is treated as a logical outgrowth of precisely defining research problems and systematically solving them. Further, the text emphasizes the application of these concepts to political science, demonstrating how the results of statistical computations are interpreted in both academic and applied research situations. To facilitate this, approximately a dozen articles and research reports are reprinted as appendices and the text provides extended commentary on each.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• I Numbers and Descriptions
• 1 Why Numbers?
• 2 Descriptive Statistics for Single Variables
• 3 The Comparative Method and Political Science
• 4 Descriptive Statistics for Relationships Between Variables
• II Probabilities and Inferences
• 5 Introduction to Statistical Inference
• 6 Inferential Statistics for Single Variables
• 7 Inferential Statistics for Relationships Between Variables
• III Multivariate Analysis
• 8 Introduction to Research Design
• 9 Introduction to Multivariate Statistics
• 10 Data-Generation Techniques and Alternate Research Designs
• Appendix A An Equity Analysis of Pennsylvania's Basic Instruction Subsidy Program, 1977-80
• Appendix B The Star-Ledger/Eagleton Poll
• Appendix C Home Style: Allocation of Resources
• Appendix D Turnout and the Two-Party Vote
• Appendix E Conflict with Supreme Court Precedent and the Granting of Plenary Review
• Appendix F McClesky v. Kemp: Background, Record, and Adjudications
• Appendix G State Population and the Electoral Success of U.S. Senators
• Appendix H Eagleton Poll 77 (SL/EP27)/Lou Harris Poll/Abortion and Public Opinion in the United States
• Appendix I Evaluating the Impact of International Organizations
• Appendix J The Ideal Candidate: A Study of the Desired Attributes of the Public and the Media Across Two Presidential Campaigns