TY  - BOOK
AU  - Loveless,Matthew
TI  - Political analysis: a guide to data & statistics 
SN  - 9781529774832
U1  - 320.072/7 23
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - London, Thousand Oaks, California
PB  - SAGE Publications Ltd, SAGE Publications Inc.
KW  - Political statistics
KW  - Science politique
KW  - Méthodes statistiques
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; An Introduction. The Scientific Method And Statistics -- Theory And Hypotheses -- Data And Variables -- Research Design -- Statistics And The Scientific Study Of Politics -- Descriptive Statistics. Univariate Descriptive Statistics -- Measures Of Association I: Nominal- And Ordinal-Level Variables -- Measures Of Association II: Means Comparison And Correlation -- Measures Of Association III: (Bivariate) Regression -- Inferential Statistics. An Introduction To Inference -- Inference For Nominal- & Ordinal-level Variables -- The Central Limit Theorem -- Inference For Interval-Level Variables -- Multiple Regression. Multiple Regression -- Extensions To Multiple Regression -- Issues With Multiple Regression -- Binary Logistic Regression -- Categorical And Limited Dependent Variables -- Current Debates. Big Alternatives -- The Ethics Of Data Analysis
N2  - "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"--
ER  -