Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R)

Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R)

The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. It is designed for advanced undergraduate courses, or introductory and intermediate graduate-level courses. The first part of the book i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jenkins-Smith, Hank (Author), Ripberger, Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] University of Oklahoma Libraries [2017]
Edition:3rd Edition
Series:Open textbook library.
Subjects:
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Social sciences > Textbooks
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Table of Contents:
  • I Theory and Empirical Social Science
  • 1 Theories and Social Science
  • 2 Research Design
  • 3 Exploring and Visualizing Data
  • 4 Probability
  • 5 Inference
  • 6 Association of Variables
  • II Simple Regression
  • 7 The Logic of Ordinary Least Squares Estimation
  • 8 Linear Estimation and Minimizing Error
  • 9 Bi-Variate Hypothesis Testing and Model Fit
  • 10 OLS Assumptions and Simple Regression Diagnostics
  • III Multiple Regression
  • 11 Introduction to Multiple Regression
  • 12 The Logic of Multiple Regression
  • 13 Multiple Regression and Model Building
  • 14 Topics in Multiple Regression
  • 15 The Art of Regression Diagnostic
  • IV Generalized Linear Model
  • 16 Logit Regression
  • V Appendices
  • 17 Appendix: Basic

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