Hartmann / Kopp / Lois Social Science Data Analysis

An Introduction
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-658-41230-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 191 Seiten, eBook

In this book, basic statistical knowledge is conveyed in an understandable and application-oriented manner. The readers should be enabled to carry out their own empirical evaluations and to understand or critically reflect on existing analyses.The third edition is extended by a detailed chapter on the logic of significance tests.A replication syntax for the statistical program Stata is provided online as supplementary material.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hartmann, Florian G.

Kopp, Johannes

Lois, Daniel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

On the task of empirical social research and quantitative data analysis in the sociological research process.- On the data situation: own data collections or secondary analyses?.- First steps of data analysis: preparation, data description and bivariate correlations.- Significance test.- Linear regressions.- On the logic of data analysis: Which evaluation strategy best fits my research question?.- Logistic regressions.- An outlook on advanced statistical analysis methods.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Florian G. Hartmann is a research associate at the Chair of Social Science Methodology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich. Dr. Johannes Kopp is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trier.Dr. Daniel Lois holds the professorship for Social Science Methodology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich.