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An R Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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An R Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

Teach your students to conduct political research using R, the open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. An R Companion to Political Analysis offers the same easy-to-use and effective style as the best-selling SPSS and Stata Companions. The all-new Second Edition includes new and revised exercises and datasets showing students how to analyze research-quality data to learn descriptive statistics, data transformations, bivariate analysis (cross-tabulations and mean comparisons), controlled comparisons, statistical inference, linear correlation and regression, dummy variables and interaction effects, and logistic regression. The clear explanation and instruction is accompanied by annotated and labeled screen shots and end-of-chapter exercises to help students apply what they have learned. "Students will love this book, as will their teachers." – Courtney Brown, Emory University

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The Essentials of Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III

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The Essentials of Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III

This Fifth Edition of The Essentials of Political Analysis equips students with the skills to conduct political analysis and critically assess statistical research. Bestselling author Philip H. Pollock III builds students’ analytic abilities and develops their statistical reasoning with new data, fresh exercises, and engaging examples. This accessible introduction to the essential elements of political analysis walks students through the basics—measuring concepts, describing variables, formulating and testing hypotheses, controlling for alternative explanations, and interpreting graphic displays, and nearly 50 practical exercises motivate them to use their new skills with confidence.

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The Essentials of Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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The Essentials of Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

Pollock and Edwards explain the nuts-and-bolts of research design and data analysis in a clear and concise style. The Essential of Political Analysis is an intuitive introduction to complex material, replete with examples from the political science literature that add relevance to statistical concepts. This text offers students an excellent balance between the technical and the practical." —Francis Neely, San Francisco State University Gain the skills you need to conduct political analysis and critically assess statistical research. In this Sixth Edition of The Essentials of Political Science, bestselling authors Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards build students’ analytic abilities and develop their statistical reasoning with new data, fresh exercises, and accessible examples. This brief, accessible guide walks students through the essentials—measuring concepts, formulating and testing hypotheses, describing variables—while using key terms, chapter-opening objectives, over 80 tables and figures, and practical exercises to get them using and applying their new skills. Using SPSS, STATA or R? Discounted package deals available with Philip H. Pollock’s companion workbooks. . Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning.

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1506379583

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An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis, 4th Edition

By: Philip H. Pollock

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An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis, 4th Edition

By: Philip H. Pollock

Featuring examples, over 120 screenshots and step-by-step instructions, this workbook will be an invaluable resource for students facing the task of undertaking statistical research as part of their politics course.

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An IBM SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III

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An IBM SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III

In Philip H. Pollock's An IBM SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them for future political science research. Students learn by doing with fresh guided examples, new annotated screenshots, step-by-step instructions, and exercises that reflect current scholarly debates in American political behavior and comparative politics. Compatible with all releases of SPSS (12.0 and later), the all-new Fifth Edition includes 53 new or revised exercises. Two new datasets (NES 2012 and GSS 2012) and two revised datasets (on the 50 states and on 167 countries of the world) feature an expanded number of variables to provide greater latitude for performing original analysis.

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

This textbook is a great resource for teaching students how to conduct basic quantitative analysis using Stata. It provides intuitive examples from real data sets. I think it is a great resource for teaching students how to carry their own research projects." —Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University Popular for its speed, flexibility, and attractive graphics, Stata is a powerful tool for political science students. With Philip Pollock′s Fourth Edition of A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis, students quickly learn Stata via step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata′s special capabilities, and guidance on using Stata to read raw data. This attractive and value-priced workbook, an ideal complement to Pollock’s Essentials of Political Analysis, is a must-have for any political science student working with Stata. Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning.

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Stata Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H Pollock III

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Stata Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H Pollock III

Popular for its speed, flexibility, and attractive graphics, Stata is a powerful tool for political science students. With Pollock's second edition, students quickly learn Stata with step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata's special capabilities, and guidance on using Stata to read raw data. Updates to this edition include: Comprehensive coverage of the Stata Graph Editor; Enhanced discussion of graph types, with brand-new coverage of group means and the twoway command; New and updated datasets, including GSS and NES (all datasets include additional variables for use on research papers, exams, or assignments); New end-of-chapter exercises, which gradually increase in difficulty to reinforce and build on key concepts; and Improved guidance on using Internet-available data, from downloading to inputting multiple formats- Excel, HTML, and PDF.

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III

With Philip Pollock's Third Edition of A Stata Companion to Political Analysis, students quickly learn Stata via step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata's special capabilities, and guidance on using Stata to read raw data. This attractive and value-priced workbook, an ideal complement to Pollock’s Essentials of Political Analysis, is a must-have for any political science student working with Stata.

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Philip H. Pollock (III.)

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Philip H. Pollock (III.)

With this Third Edition, students quickly learn Stata with step-by-step instructions, more than 50 exercises, customized data sets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata's capabilities, and guidance on using Stata to read raw data.

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A Microsoft Excel® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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A Microsoft Excel® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

The trusted series of workbooks by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards continues with A Microsoft Excel®Companion to Political Analysis. In this new guide, students dive headfirst into actual political data working with the ubiquitous Excel software. Students learn by doing with new guided examples, annotated screenshots, step-by-step instructions, and exercises that reflect current scholarly debates in varied subfields of political science, including American politics, comparative politics, law and courts, and international relations. Chapters cover all major topics in political data analysis, from descriptive statistics through logistic regression, all with worked examples and exercises in Excel. No matter their professional goals, students can gain a leg up for their future careers by developing a working knowledge of statistics using Excel. By encouraging students to build on their existing familiarity with the Excel program, instructors can flatten the statistics learning curve and take some of the intimidation out of the learning process. Gain lost time usually spent troubleshooting software to provide students with a smooth transition into political analysis.

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1071813315

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An R Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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An R Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

The Third Edition of An R Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards teaches your students to conduct research with R, the open-source programming language for statistical computing and graphics. This workbook offers the same easy-to-use style as other Companions, tailored for R.

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H Pollock,Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H Pollock,Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

The Fifth Edition of A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards teaches your students statistics by analyzing research-quality data in Stata. It follows the structure of Essentials of Political Analysis with software instructions, explanations of tests, and many exercises for practice.

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The Essentials of Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III

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An IBM® SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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An IBM® SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

In Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards’ trusted IBM SPSS® workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them not only for future political science research, but the job world as well. Students learn by doing with new guided examples, annotated screenshots, step-by-step instructions, and exercises that reflect current scholarly debates in American political behavior and comparative politics. This Sixth Edition of An IBM SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis features thoroughly revised and updated datasets and is compatible with all post-12 releases of SPSS.

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The Elections Of 1994 In Context

By: Philip A. Klinkner

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The Elections Of 1994 In Context

By: Philip A. Klinkner

By all accounts, 1994 represents sweeping electoral and policy change rarely seen in any American election, let alone a midterm. This book puts 1994 in context with other significant midterm elections, from 1810 to the present. It also captures the very contemporary concerns unique to 1994: the role of the religious right, the "angry white male," t

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An IBM® SPSS® Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock III,Barry C. Edwards

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The Essentials of Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock

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The Essentials of Political Analysis

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Provides a strong conceptual foundation for methods students.

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An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock

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An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock

This popular companion volume gets students using actual political data, and working with a software tool that properly prepares them for future political science courses. A no-nonsense introduction to SPSS, the workbook uses over 110 screen shots to provide step-by-step instruction and advice on using the statistics program most used by today's political scientists. With updated customized datasets, this workbook equips students to analyze real political science research. The second edition has been updated for SPSS 12.0 and 13.0, but also accommodates users of 11.0 and student versions.

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An R Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock, III,Barry Clayton Edwards

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An R Companion to Political Analysis

By: Philip H. Pollock, III,Barry Clayton Edwards

The Third Edition of An R Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards teaches your students to conduct political research with R, the open-source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This workbook offers the same easy-to-use and effective style as the other software companions to the Essentials of Political Analysis, tailored for R. With this comprehensive workbook, students analyze research-quality data to learn descriptive statistics, data transformations, bivariate analysis (such as cross-tabulations and mean comparisons), controlled comparisons, correlation and bivariate regression, interaction effects, and logistic regression. The clear explanations and instructions are aided by the use of many annotated and labeled screen shots, as well as QR codes linking to demonstration videos. The many end-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply their new skills. The Third Edition includes new and revised exercises, along with new and updated datasets from the 2020 American National Election Study, an experiment dataset, and two aggregate datasets, one on 50 U.S. states and one based on countries of the world. A new structure helps break up individual elements of political analysis for deeper explanation while an updated suite of R functions makes using R even easier. Students will gain valuable skills learning to analyze political data in R.

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