Robert Andersen, David A. Armstrong II

eBook, ePUB

Presenting Statistical Results Effectively (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Perfect for any statistics student or researcher, this book offers hands-on guidance on how to interpret and discuss your results in a way that not only gives them meaning, but also achieves maximum impact on your target audience. No matter what variables your data involves, it offers a roadmap for analysis and presentation that can be extended to other models and contexts.

Focused on best practices for building statistical models and effectively communicating their results, this book helps you:
- Find the right analytic and presentation techniques for your type of data
- Understand the cognitive processes involved in decoding information
- Assess distributions and relationships among variables
- Know when and how to choose tables or graphs
- Build, compare, and present results for linear and non-linear models
- Work with univariate, bivariate, and multivariate distributions
- Communicate the processes involved in and importance of your results.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• ohne Kopierschutz

Autor

Robert Andersen is Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, and Professor of Strategy at the Ivey Business School, Western Univeristy. He is also cross-appointed in the Departments of Sociology, Political Science, and Statistics and Actuarial Science. His previous appointments include Distinguished Professor of Social Science at the University of Toronto, Senator William McMaster Chair in Political Sociology at McMaster University, and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Andersen's research expertise is in social statistics, social stratification, and political economy. Much of his recent research has explored the cross-national relationships between economic conditions, especially income inequality, and a wide array of attitudes and behaviours important for liberal democracy and a successful business environment, including social trust, tolerance, civic participation, support for democracy and attitudes toward public policy. His published research includes Modern Methods for Robust Regression (Sage, 2008), and more than 70 academic papers including articles in the Annual Review of Sociology, American Journal of Political Science, American Sociological Review, British Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Politics, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, and Sociological Methodology. Andersen has provided consulting for the United Nations, the European Commission, the Canadian Government and the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473901148
• Artikelnr.: 60304948

Rezensionen

Is your quantitative work so screamingly clear that your readers never misunderstand your figures, misread your tables, or get confused by your prose? If so, then don't waste your time with Andersen and Armstrong's thoughtful book about the effective presentation and interpretation of statistical results. Gary King 20210627