An R Companion to Political Analysis - Softcover

Pollock, Philip H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452287317 ISBN 13: 9781452287317

Publisher: CQ Press, 2013

Synopsis

Data Analysis with R

Teach your students to conduct political research with R, the open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. An R Companion to Political Analysis offers the same easy-to-use and effective style as the best-selling SPSS and Stata Companions.

This new, comprehensive workbook covers descriptive statistics, data transformations, bivariate approaches (cross-tabulations and mean comparisons), controlled comparisons, statistical inference, linear correlation and regression, dummy variables and interaction effects, and logistic regression. The clear explanation and instruction is aided by the use of annotated and labeled screen shots as well as a wealth of exercises and datasets so students can apply their new skills.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip H. Pollock III is professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He has taught courses in research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels for nearly 40 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 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1452287317
• ISBN 13: 9781452287317
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224