Making History Count: A Primer in Quantitative Methods for Historians - Softcover

Feinstein, Charles H.; Thomas, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521001374 ISBN 13: 9780521001373

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This authoritative guide to the use of quantitative methods is designed to be used as the basic text for graduate courses, and is also suitable for upper-level students. Making History Count is written by two senior economic historians with considerable international teaching experience. The text is clearly illustrated with numerous tables, graphs and diagrams, leading the student through the various key topics. It is supported by five specific historical data-sets, available electronically in downloadable and manipulable form.

About this title

Book Description:

This is an authoritative guide to the use of quantitative methods, designed to be used as the basic text for taught graduate courses, and also suitable for upper-level students working on their own. Making History Count is written by two senior economic historians with very considerable teaching experience on both sides of the Atlantic. The text is clearly illustrated with numerous tables, graphs and diagrams, leading the student through the various key topics, and the whole is supported by five specific historical data-sets, available electronically in downloadable and manipulable form.

Review:

"...no competitor text is, to my knowledge, as effective in taking the student from the basics of descriptive statistics through to the intricacies of multiple linear regression." Roger Middleton, University of Bristol

"Feinstein and Thomas present basic statistical techniques based primarily on intuitive understanding and application of concepts aimed at mathematically sophisticated readers. The material is presented with great clarity.... Recommended." Choice

"The best textbook on statistical methods ever written for a historical audience." J. Morgan Kousser, California Institute of Technology

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521001374
• ISBN 13: 9780521001373
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 572