Kolenikov / Thombs / Steinley Statistics in the Social Sciences

Current Methodological Developments
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-58332-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

A one-of-a-kind compilation of modern statistical methodsdesigned to support and advance research across the socialsciences
Statistics in the Social Sciences: Current MethodologicalDevelopments presents new and exciting statisticalmethodologies to help advance research and data analysis across themany disciplines in the social sciences. Quantitative methods invarious subfields, from psychology to economics, are under demandfor constant development and refinement. This volume featuresinvited overview papers, as well as original research presented atthe Sixth Annual Winemiller Conference: Methodological Developmentsof Statistics in the Social Sciences, an international meeting thatfocused on fostering collaboration among mathematical statisticiansand social science researchers.
The book provides an accessible and insightful look at modernapproaches to identifying and describing current, effectivemethodologies that ultimately add value to various fields of socialscience research. With contributions from leading internationalexperts on the topic, the book features in-depth coverage of modernquantitative social sciences topics, including:
* Correlation Structures
* Structural Equation Models and Recent Extensions
* Order-Constrained Proximity Matrix Representations
* Multi-objective and Multi-dimensional Scaling
* Differences in Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Inference
* Bootstrap Test of Shape Invariance across Distributions
* Statistical Software for the Social Sciences
Statistics in the Social Sciences: Current MethodologicalDevelopments is an excellent supplement for graduate courses onsocial science statistics in both statistics departments andquantitative social sciences programs. It is also a valuablereference for researchers and practitioners in the fields ofpsychology, sociology, economics, and market research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kolenikov, Stanislav

Thombs, Lori A.

Thombs, Lori

Steinley, Douglas

Über Autor(innen)

STANISLAV KOLENIKOV, PhD, is Adjunct Assistant Professor ofStatistics at the University of Missouri. He served as ProgramChair of the Sixth Winemiller Conference. Dr. Kolenikov is anapplied statistician with interests in structural equationmodeling, survey statistics, econometrics, and statisticalprogramming.
DOUGLAS STEINLEY, PhD, is Associate Professor ofPsychology at the University of Missouri. Dr. Steinley currentlyconducts research in the areas of multivariate statisticalmethodology, cluster analysis, and social network analysis.
LORI THOMBS, PhD, is Associate Professor ofStatistics and Director of the Social Science Statistics Center atthe University of Missouri. Dr. Thombs has more than twenty yearsof academic experience, and she currently focuses her research onthe areas of time series, resampling methods for correlatedvariables, and statistics education.