Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences provides graduate students in the social and health sciences with the basic skills that they need to estimate, interpret, present, and publish statistical models using contemporary standards. The book targets the social and health science…

ISBN: 9780415875363

Published May 08, 2012 by Routledge

Designed to foster "inquiry-mindedness," this book prepares graduate students to develop a conceptual framework and conduct inquiry projects that are linked to ongoing conversations in a field. The authors examine different ways of knowing and show how to identify a research question; build…

ISBN: 9781462505128

Published May 07, 2012 by Guilford Press

Written in a humorous and encouraging style, this text shows how the most common statistical tools can be used to answer interesting real-world questions, presented as mysteries to be solved. Engaging research examples lead the reader through a series of six steps, from identifying a researchable…

ISBN: 9781462503018

Published May 02, 2012 by Guilford Press

Sample surveys provide data used by researchers in a large range of disciplines to analyze important relationships using well-established and widely-used likelihood methods. The methods used to select samples often result in the sample differing in important ways from the target population and…

ISBN: 9781584886327

Published May 01, 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC

Computer simulation has become an important means for obtaining knowledge about nature. The practice of scientific simulation and the frequent use of uncertain simulation results in public policy raise a wide range of philosophical questions. Most prominently highlighted is the field of…

ISBN: 9781466500624

Published Apr 23, 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC

Michael Mitchell's Interpreting and Visualizing Regression Models Using Stata is a clear treatment of how to carefully present results from model-fitting in a wide variety of settings. It is a boon to anyone who has to present the tangible meaning of a complex model in a clear fashion, regardless…

ISBN: 9781597181075

Published Apr 18, 2012 by Stata Press

This engaging text takes an evenhanded approach to major theoretical paradigms in evaluation and builds a bridge from them to evaluation practice. Featuring helpful checklists, procedural steps, provocative questions that invite readers to explore their own theoretical assumptions, and practical…

ISBN: 9781462503155

Published Apr 16, 2012 by Guilford Press

Systematic, practical, and accessible, this is the first book to focus on finding the most defensible design for a particular research question. Thoughtful guidelines are provided for weighing the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed…

ISBN: 9781462503537

Published Apr 16, 2012 by Guilford Press

This is the first workbook that introduces the multilevel approach to modeling with categorical outcomes using IBM SPSS Version 20. Readers learn how to develop, estimate, and interpret multilevel models with categorical outcomes. The authors walk readers through data management, diagnostic tools,…

ISBN: 9781848729568

Published Apr 15, 2012 by Routledge Academic

In the last two decades there has been a flourishing research carried out jointly by economists, psychologists and neuroscientists. This meltdown of competences has lead towards original approaches to investigate the mental and cognitive mechanisms involved in the way the economic agent collects,…

ISBN: 9780415678438

Published Apr 15, 2012 by Routledge

With an emphasis on social science applications, Event History Analysis with R presents an introduction to survival and event history analysis using real-life examples. Keeping mathematical details to a minimum, the book covers key topics, including both discrete and continuous time data,…

ISBN: 9781439831649

Published Apr 02, 2012 by CRC Press

This book examines Stata's treatment of generalized linear mixed models, also known as multilevel or hierarchical models. These models are "mixed" because they allow fixed and random effects, and they are "generalized" because they are appropriate for continuous Gaussian responses as well as binary…

ISBN: 9781597181082

Published Apr 01, 2012 by Stata Press

Volume I is devoted to continuous Gaussian linear mixed models and has nine chapters. The chapters are organized in four parts. The first part provides a review of the methods of linear regression. The second part provides an in-depth coverage of the two-level models, the simplest extensions of a…

ISBN: 9781597181037

Published Apr 01, 2012 by Stata Press

Volume II is devoted to generalized linear mixed models for binary, categorical, count, and survival outcomes. The second volume has seven chapters also organized in four parts. The first three parts in volume II cover models for categorical responses, including binary, ordinal, and nominal (a new…

ISBN: 9781597181044

Published Apr 01, 2012 by Stata Press

How can I supercharge the therapy I currently use? This volume distils the core principles, methods, and vision of the approach. Each Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) principle is presented in terms of its intended purpose and is clearly linked to the underlying theory, thus providing…

ISBN: 9780415604048

Published Mar 14, 2012 by Routledge

Experimental philosophy is one of the most recent and controversial developments in philosophy. Its basic idea is rather simple: to test philosophical thought experiments and philosophers’ intuitions about them with scientific methods, mostly taken from psychology and the social sciences. The…

ISBN: 9780415505130

Published Mar 14, 2012 by Routledge

Statistical Concepts consists of the last 9 chapters of An Introduction to Statistical Concepts, 3rd ed. Designed for the second course in statistics, it is one of the few texts that focuses just on intermediate statistics. The book highlights how statistics work and what they mean to better…

ISBN: 9780415880077

Published Mar 11, 2012 by Routledge Academic

Updated to reflect the new features of Stata 11, A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Third Edition continues to help new Stata users become proficient in Stata. After reading this introductory text, you will be able to enter, build, and manage a data set as well as perform fundamental statistical…

ISBN: 9781597181099

Published Mar 11, 2012 by Stata Press

This comprehensive, flexible text is used in both one- and two-semester courses to review introductory through intermediate statistics. Instructors select the topics that are most appropriate for their course. Its conceptual approach helps students more easily understand the concepts and interpret…

ISBN: 9780415880053

Published Feb 29, 2012 by Routledge Academic

ISBN: 9780415885591

Published Jan 31, 2012 by Routledge Academic

Bringing together leading authorities, this unique handbook reviews the breadth of current approaches for studying how people think, feel, and behave in everyday environments, rather than in the laboratory. The volume thoroughly describes experience sampling methods, diary methods, physiological…

ISBN: 9781609187477

Published Dec 20, 2011 by Guilford Press

This is the first methods handbook specifically designed to meet the needs of today's developmental scholars. Leading developmental methodologists describe cutting-edge approaches to measurement and design, data collection, and interindividual and intraindividual longitudinal analysis. For each…

ISBN: 9781606236093

Published Dec 19, 2011 by Guilford Press

Measurements with persons are those in which human perception and interpretation are used for measuring complex, holistic quantities and qualities, which are perceived by the human brain and mind. Providing means for reproducible measurement of parameters such as pleasure and pain has important…

ISBN: 9781848729391

Published Dec 18, 2011 by Psychology Press

This volume deals with a number of related issues that are becoming increasingly crucial for English studies during this time when most faculty in the field are assistant professors approaching tenure review or associate professors seeking promotion. These critical issues focus on: * The diversity…

ISBN: 9780415515634

Published Dec 11, 2011 by Routledge

Noted for its comprehensive coverage, this greatly expanded new edition now covers the use of univariate and multivariate effect sizes. Many measures and estimators are reviewed along with their application, interpretation, and limitations. Noted for its practical approach, the book features…

ISBN: 9780415877695

Published Nov 14, 2011 by Routledge Academic

This practical guide explains the use of randomization tests and provides example designs and macros for implementation in IBM SPSS and Excel. It reviews the theory and practice of single-case and small-n designs so readers can draw valid causal inferences from small-scale clinical studies. The…

ISBN: 9780415886932

Published Oct 26, 2011 by Routledge Academic

When scientists formulate their theories, expectations, and hypotheses, they often use statements like: ``I expect mean A to be bigger than means B and C"; ``I expect that the relation between Y and both X1 and X2 is positive"; and ``I expect the relation between Y and X1 to be stronger than the…

ISBN: 9781439880517

Published Oct 25, 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC

Now in its fourth edition, Behavioral Research and Analysis: An Introduction to Statistics within the Context of Experimental Design presents an overview of statistical methods within the context of experimental design. It covers fundamental topics such as data collection, data analysis,…

ISBN: 9781439818022

Published Oct 18, 2011 by CRC Press

While theoretical statistics relies primarily on mathematics and hypothetical situations, statistical practice is a translation of a question formulated by a researcher into a series of variables linked by a statistical tool. As with written material, there are almost always differences between the…

ISBN: 9781439817667

Published Sep 20, 2011 by Chapman and Hall/CRC

Offering pragmatic guidance for planning and conducting a meta-analytic review, this book is written in an engaging, nontechnical style that makes it ideal for graduate course use or self-study. The author shows how to: identify questions that can be answered using meta-analysis, retrieve both…

ISBN: 9781609184995

Published Sep 15, 2011 by Guilford Press