Political Analysis
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Political Analysis

A Guide to Data and Statistics

Matthew Loveless

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eBook - ePub

Political Analysis

A Guide to Data and Statistics

Matthew Loveless

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About This Book

Why let other people explain the world to you?

From news reporting on elections or unfolding political crises to everyday advertising, you are confronted with statistics. Rather than being swayed by bad arguments and questionable correlations, this book introduces you to the most common and contemporary statistical methods so that you can better understand the world. It?s not about mindless number crunching or flashy techniques but about knowing when to use statistics as the best means to analyse a problem.

Whether you want to answer:

"Who is most likely to turn out and vote at the next election?"

or

"What accounts for some political conflicts escalating to war?"

you'll explore what can and can't be done with statistics, and how to select the most appropriate statistical techniques and correctly interpret the results.

Perhaps you simply want to understand enough to pass your statistics class and move on. Maybe you want to build your knowledge so that you are not excluded from research and debate. Or it could be the first step towards more advanced study. Whatever your goal, this book guides you through the journey, empowering you to confidently interact with statistics to make you a more formidable student, employee, and democratic citizen.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2023
ISBN
9781529613711
Edition
1
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Publisher Note
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Discover This Textbook’s Online Resources
  8. About the Author
  9. A Prologue
  10. An Introduction
  11. 1 The Scientific Method and Statistics
  12. 2 Theory and Hypotheses
  13. 3 Data and Variables
  14. 4 Research Design
  15. 5 Statistics and the Scientific Study of Politics
  16. Part I Descriptive Statistics
  17. 6 Univariate Descriptive Statistics
  18. 7 Measures of Association I: Nominal- and Ordinal-level Variables
  19. 8 Measures of Association II: Means Comparison and Correlation
  20. 9 Measures of Association III: (Bivariate) Regression
  21. Part II Inferential Statistics
  22. 10 An Introduction to Inference
  23. 11 Inference for Nominal- and Ordinal-level Variables
  24. 12 The Central Limit Theorem
  25. 13 Inference for Interval-level Variables
  26. Part III Multiple Regression
  27. 14 Multiple Regression
  28. 15 Extensions to Multiple Regression
  29. 16 Issues with Multiple Regression
  30. 17 Binary Logistic Regression
  31. 18 Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables
  32. Part IV Current Debates
  33. 19 Big Alternatives
  34. 20 The Ethics of Data Analysis
  35. Index