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  • Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences

    by David Darmofal ...
    Series series Analytical Methods for Social Research
    Many theories in the social sciences predict spatial dependence or the similarity of behaviors at neighboring locations. Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences demonstrates how researchers can diagnose and model this spatial dependence and draw more valid inferences as a result. The book is structured around the well-known Galton's problem and presents a step-by-step guide to the application of ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Demography, Politics, and Partisan Polarization in the United States, 1828–2016

    by David Darmofal, Ryan Strickler ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the geography of partisan polarization, or the Reds and Blues, of the political landscape in the United States. It places the current schism between Democrats and Republicans within a historical context and presents a theoretical framework that offers unique insights into the American electorate. The authors focus on the demographic and political causes of polarization at the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Causal Inference

    The Mixtape

    by Scott Cunningham ...
    An accessible, contemporary introduction to the methods for determining cause and effect in the social sciences“Causation versus correlation has been the basis of arguments—economic and otherwise—since the beginning of time. Causal Inference: The Mixtape uses legit real-world examples that I found genuinely thought-provoking. It’s rare that a book prompts readers to expand their outlook; this one ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Rationality for Mortals

    How People Cope with Uncertainty

    by Gerd Gigerenzer ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis

    by David MacKinnon ...
    Series series Multivariate Applications Series
    This volume introduces the statistical, methodological, and conceptual aspects of mediation analysis. Applications from health, social, and developmental psychology, sociology, communication, exercise science, and epidemiology are emphasized throughout. Single-mediator, multilevel, and longitudinal models are reviewed. The author's goal is to help the reader apply mediation analysis to their own ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Designing Social Inquiry

    Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, New Edition

    by Gary King, Robert O. Keohane, Sidney Verba ...
    The classic work on qualitative methods in political scienceDesigning Social Inquiry presents a unified approach to qualitative and quantitative research in political science, showing how the same logic of inference underlies both. This stimulating book discusses issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy of data and the uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • New Developments in Categorical Data Analysis for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

    Edited by L. Andries van der Ark, Marcel A. Croon, Klaas Sijtsma ...
    Series series Quantitative Methodology Series
    Categorical data are quantified as either nominal variables--distinguishing different groups, for example, based on socio-economic status, education, and political persuasion--or ordinal variables--distinguishing levels of interest, such as the preferred politician or the preferred type of punishment for committing burglary. This new book is a collection of up-to-date studies on modern categorical ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Statistical Models

    Theory and Practice

    by David A. Freedman ...
    This lively and engaging book explains the things you have to know in order to read empirical papers in the social and health sciences, as well as the techniques you need to build statistical models of your own. The discussion in the book is organized around published studies, as are many of the exercises. Relevant journal articles are reprinted at the back of the book. Freedman makes a thorough ... Read more

    $59.09 USD

  • Measurement, Design, and Analysis

    An Integrated Approach

    by Elazar J. Pedhazur, Liora Pedhazur Schmelkin ...
    Series series Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions
    In textbooks and courses in statistics, substantive and measurement issues are rarely, if at all, considered. Similarly, textbooks and courses in measurement virtually ignore design and analytic questions, and research design textbooks and courses pay little attention to analytic and measurement issues. This fragmentary approach fosters a lack of appreciation of the interrelations and ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Exponential Random Graph Models for Social Networks

    Theory, Methods, and Applications

    Edited by Dean Lusher, Johan Koskinen, Garry Robins ...
    Series Book 35 - Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
    Exponential random graph models (ERGMs) are increasingly applied to observed network data and are central to understanding social structure and network processes. The chapters in this edited volume provide a self-contained, exhaustive account of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of ERGMs, including models for univariate, multivariate, bipartite, longitudinal and social-influence ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Contemporary Psychometrics

    Edited by Albert Maydeu-Olivares, John J. McArdle ...
    Series series Multivariate Applications Series
    Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis.The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between IRT and factor analysis, estimation and testing of these models, and basic measurement issues that are ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Handbook of Econometrics

    Edited by James J. Heckman, Edward Leamer ...
    Series Book 6 - Handbooks in Economics
    As conceived by the founders of the Econometric Society, econometrics is a field that uses economic theory and statistical methods to address empirical problems in economics. It is a tool for empirical discovery and policy analysis. The chapters in this volume embody this vision and either implement it directly or provide the tools for doing so. This vision is not shared by those who view ... Read more

    $152.99 USD