Methods and applications of statistics in the social and behavioral sciences / edited by N. Balakrishnan.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Wiley series in methods and applications of statisticsPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012. Description: xxi, 560 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780470405079 (cloth); 0470405074 (cloth)Subject(s): Social sciences -- Statistical methods | Psychology -- Statistical methods | StatisticsDDC classification: 519.5 LOC classification: HA29 | .B327 2012Online resources: WorldCat details | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
TOC <p>Preface v <p>Contributors vii <p>1. Actuarial Science 1 <p>2. Causation-I 6 <p>3. Causation-II 9 <p>4. Census 25 <p>5. Correlation 32 <p>6. Current Population Survey 46 <p>7. Data Masking for Disclosure Avoidance 56 <p>8. Divisia Indices 66 <p>9. Econometrics 69 <p>10. Educational Statistics 81 <p>11. Electron Forecasting in the United Kingdom 88 <p>12. Electron Projections 93 <p>13. Employment Cost Index 97 <p>14. Evolution of Current Population Survey 105 <p>15. Federal Statistics 119 <p>16. Fertility Measurement 128 <p>17. Graduation 134 <p>18. Human Capital 141 <p>19. Dagum System of Income and Wealth Distributions 156 <p>20. Income Distribution Models 174 <p>21. Income Inequality Measures 186 <p>22. Indexes: Affluence, Poverty, and Quality of Life 210 <p>23. Index of Industrial Production 215 <p>24. Infant Morality 220 <p>25. Labor Statistics 223 <p>26. Life Tables 228 <p>27. Literature and Statistics-I 232 <p>28. Literature and Statistics-II 238 <p>29. Mathematical Theory of Population 242 <p>30. Medico-Actuarial Investigations 249 <p>31. Migration 255 <p>32. Music, Probability, and Statistics 259 <p>33. Numeracy 263 <p>34. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 271 <p>35. Population Growth Models 277 <p>36. Population Projection 285 <p>37. Probabilistic Voting Models 289 <p>38. Productivity Measurement 296 <p>39. Public Opinion Polls 302 <p>40. Purchasing Power Parity 308 <p>41. Psychological Decision Making 313 <p>42. Sabermetrics 319 <p>43. Social Security Statistics 324 <p>44. Social Statistics 329 <p>45. Sociometry 335 <p>46. Scoring Systems in Sports 339 <p>47. Statistical Aspects of Television Viewing 343 <p>48. Statistical Methods in Psychophysics 348 <p>49. Statistics and Religious Studies 353 <p>50. Statistics in Agriculture Production 357 <p>51. Statistics in Archaeology-I 373 <p>52. Statistics in Archaeology-II 378 <p>53. Statistics in Childhood Obesity 385 <p>54. Statistics in Historical Studies 400 <p>55. Statistics in Gambling 407 <p>56. Statistics in Law 411 <p>57. Statistics in Linguistics 421 <p>58. Statistics in Musicology 429 <p>59. Statistics in Political Science 437 <p>60. Statistics in Psychology 446 <p>61. Statistics in Sociology 453 <p>62. Statistics in Sports 461 <p>63. Stochastic Demography 467 <p>64. The Theory and Practice of Index Numbers 480 <p>65. Transferable Vote System for Elections 505 <p>66. Uncertainty in Economics 508 <p>67. U.S. Bureau of the Census 515 <p>68. Utility Theory 531 <p>69. Utilization Analysis 539 <p>70. Vital Statistics 544 <p>71. Whittaker-Henderson Graduation Formulas 549 <p>Index 553
Based on the multifaceted Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition, this concise book outlines the statistical concepts and techniques for application that are essential for understanding data gathered from modern research in the social and behavioral sciences.
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