A Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock
This attractive and value-priced workbook, an ideal complement to Pollock's Essentials of Political Analysis, is a must-have for any political science student working with Stata.
A Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis
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With this Third Edition, students quickly learn Stata (R) with step-by-step instructions, more than 50 exercises, customized data sets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata (R)'s capabilities, and guidance on using Stata (R) to read raw data.
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A Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis Reviews
The book is an outstanding primer for Stata, both wide in scope and highly accessible. It's nice that the book obviously complements Pollock's main textbook but, unlike many other companions, does not require it. The book covers most topics that undergraduates will need in an introductory class in a sensible way. I think that it is calibrated very well to its audience, which is why I keep assigning it. -- Matthew Wright
The key advantage of the book is that it presumes no student knowledge and does a magnificent job in terms of guiding students through the process of interacting with Stata. -- Ryan Black
The key advantage of the book is that it presumes no student knowledge and does a magnificent job in terms of guiding students through the process of interacting with Stata. -- Ryan Black
About Philip H. Pollock
Philip H. Pollock III is a professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He has taught courses in research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels for more than thirty years. His main research interests are American public opinion, voting behavior, techniques of quantitative analysis, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. His recent research has been on the effectiveness of Internet-based instruction. Pollock's research has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Social Science Quarterly, and the British Journal of Political Science. Recent scholarly publications include articles in Political Research Quarterly, the Journal of Political Science Education, and PS: Political Science and Politics.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Stata Information about a Dataset Information about Variables Do-Files Log Files Printing Results and Copying Output A CLOSER LOOK: Weighting the gss2012 and nes2012 Datasets Getting Help Exercises Notes Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics Interpreting Measures of Central Tendency and Variation Describing Nominal Variables Describing Ordinal Variables Describing Interval Variables Obtaining Bar Charts and Histograms Obtaining Case-Level Information with sort and list Exercises Notes Chapter 3: Transforming Variables Transforming Categorical Variables Transforming Interval Variables A CLOSER LOOK: The xtile command The label define and label values Commands Creating an Additive Index Creating Indicator Variables Exercises Notes Chapter 4: Making Comparisons Cross-Tabulation Analysis Mean Comparison Analysis A CLOSER LOOK: The format Command A CLOSER LOOK: The replace Command Exercises Notes Chapter 5: Making Controlled Comparisons Cross-Tabulation Analysis with a Control Variable A CLOSER LOOK: The If Qualifier Mean Comparison Analysis with a Control Variable Exercises Notes Chapter 6: Making Inferences about Sample Means Describing a Sample Mean Testing the Difference between Two Sample Means Extending the mean and lincom Commands Exercises Notes Chapter 7: Chi-square and Measures of Association Analyzing Ordinal-Level Relationships Analyzing an Ordinal-Level Relationship with a Control Variable Analyzing Nominal-Level Relationships Analyzing Unweighted Data with the tabulate Command Exercises Notes Chapter 8: Correlation and Linear Regression The correlate Command and the regress Command A CLOSER LOOK: R-squared and Adjusted R-squared: What's the Difference? Creating a Scatterplot with a Linear Prediction Line Multiple Regression A CLOSER LOOK: Bubble Plots Correlation and Regression with Weighted Data Exercises Notes Chapter 9: Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects Regression with Dummy Variables A CLOSER LOOK: The test Command Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression Graphing Linear Prediction Lines for Interaction Relationships Exercises Notes Chapter 10: Logistic Regression The logit Command and the logistic Command Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables A CLOSER LOOK: The estimates Command and the lrtest Command Working with Predicted Probabilities MERS-MEMS Hybrids Exercises Notes Chapter 11: Doing Your Own Political Analysis Five Doable Ideas Inputting Data Writing It Up Notes
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CIN1452240426G
9781452240428
1452240426
A Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock
Used - Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
20150317
216
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