Marsh, Catherine.

Exploring data : an introduction to data analysis for social scientists / Catherine Marsh and Jane Elliott. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Polity, c2008. - xxiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Previous ed.: 1988.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Single Variables -- 1. Distributions and Variables -- 2. Numerical Summaries of Level and Spread -- 3. Scaling and Standardizing -- 4. Inequality -- 5. Smoothing Time Series -- Pt. II. Relationships between Two Variables -- 6. Percentage Tables -- 7. Analysing Contingency Tables -- 8. Handling Several Batches -- 9. Scatterplots and Resistant Lines -- 10. Transformations -- Pt. III. Introducing a Third Variable -- 11. Causal Explanations --12. Three-Variable Contingency Tables and Beyond -- 13. Longitudinal Data

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Social sciences--Statistical methods.

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