Marsh, Catherine. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 1988. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745622828 (hbk.) 9780745622835 (pbk.) 0745622828 (hbk.) 0745622836 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Statistical methods.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.15195  / MAR 2008