Methods and Applications of Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Ed. by Balakrishnan, N.

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on the multifaceted Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition, this concise book outlines the statistical concepts and techniques for application that are essential for understanding data gathered from modern research in the social and behavioral sciences. Methods and Applications of Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences combines both previously published and newly developed contributions written by over 100 leading academics, researchers, and practitioner in a comprehensive, approachable format. This succinct reference unveils modern, cutting-edge approaches to acquiring and analyzing data across diverse subjects for students, academics, and researchers.

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Explore classic and cutting-edge statistical tools used in conducting diverse research in the behavioral and social sciences

Inspired by the multifaceted Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition, this book provides a concise, self-contained reference for readers wishing to gain quick access to cutting-edge information about the application of statistical methods and techniques in the social and behavioral sciences.

Featuring contributions from over 100 leading experts in academia and industry, this work combines key articles from the Encyclopedia with new and thoroughly updated content that addresses the latest research methods for gathering, reporting, and analyzing data across diverse subject areas, including economics, psychology, demography, political science, and communications.

The book features new and updated content on quantitative methods and their use in understanding the latest topics in social and behavioral research, including:
Childhood Obesity
Agriculture Production
Current Population Surveys
Econometrics
Affluence, Poverty, and Quality of Life

Each contribution offers authoritative, yet easily accessible, coverage of statistical concepts. With updated references and discussion of relevant research topics, readers are provided with the various statistical methods, techniques, strategies, and applications that are essential in tackling critical issues pertaining to the social and behavioral sciences.

Providing a blend of traditional methodology and the latest research, Methods and Applications of Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences is an excellent resource for researchers, professionals, and students in the fields of sociology, psychology, philosophy, education, political science, and related disciplines who would like to learn about the uses of statistics in gathering, reporting, and analyzing data.

Produktdetails

• Methods and Applications of Statistics
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 582
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 183mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9780470405079
• ISBN-10: 0470405074
• Artikelnr.: 35676196

Autorenporträt

N. BALAKRISHNAN, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Balakrishnan is coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition and also serves as Editor in Chief of Communications in Statistics. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. In addition to serving as Editor of the Methods and Applications of Statistics series, Dr. Balakrishnan is the coauthor of Precedence-Type Tests and Applications and A Primer on Statistical Distributions, both published by Wiley.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface v Contributors vii 1. Actuarial Science 1 2. Causation-I 6 3.
Causation-II 9 4. Census 25 5. Correlation 32 6. Current Population Survey
46 7. Data Masking for Disclosure Avoidance 56 8. Divisia Indices 66 9.
Econometrics 69 10. Educational Statistics 81 11. Electron Forecasting in
the United Kingdom 88 12. Electron Projections 93 13. Employment Cost Index
97 14. Evolution of Current Population Survey 105 15. Federal Statistics
119 16. Fertility Measurement 128 17. Graduation 134 18. Human Capital 141
19. Dagum System of Income and Wealth Distributions 156 20. Income
Distribution Models 174 21. Income Inequality Measures 186 22. Indexes:
Affluence, Poverty, and Quality of Life 210 23. Index of Industrial
Production 215 24. Infant Morality 220 25. Labor Statistics 223 26. Life
Tables 228 27. Literature and Statistics-I 232 28. Literature and
Statistics-II 238 29. Mathematical Theory of Population 242 30.
Medico-Actuarial Investigations 249 31. Migration 255 32. Music,
Probability, and Statistics 259 33. Numeracy 263 34. Office of Population
Censuses and Surveys 271 35. Population Growth Models 277 36. Population
Projection 285 37. Probabilistic Voting Models 289 38. Productivity
Measurement 296 39. Public Opinion Polls 302 40. Purchasing Power Parity
308 41. Psychological Decision Making 313 42. Sabermetrics 319 43. Social
Security Statistics 324 44. Social Statistics 329 45. Sociometry 335 46.
Scoring Systems in Sports 339 47. Statistical Aspects of Television Viewing
343 48. Statistical Methods in Psychophysics 348 49. Statistics and
Religious Studies 353 50. Statistics in Agriculture Production 357 51.
Statistics in Archaeology-I 373 52. Statistics in Archaeology-II 378 53.
Statistics in Childhood Obesity 385 54. Statistics in Historical Studies
400 55. Statistics in Gambling 407 56. Statistics in Law 411 57. Statistics
in Linguistics 421 58. Statistics in Musicology 429 59. Statistics in
Political Science 437 60. Statistics in Psychology 446 61. Statistics in
Sociology 453 62. Statistics in Sports 461 63. Stochastic Demography 467
64. The Theory and Practice of Index Numbers 480 65. Transferable Vote
System for Elections 505 66. Uncertainty in Economics 508 67. U.S. Bureau
of the Census 515 68. Utility Theory 531 69. Utilization Analysis 539 70.
Vital Statistics 544 71. Whittaker-Henderson Graduation Formulas 549 Index
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