Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis

Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis

Pollock, Philip H.

SAGE Publications Inc

03/2015

216

Mole

Inglês

9781452240428

15 a 20 dias

With this Third Edition, students quickly learn Stata (R) with step-by-step instructions, more than 50 exercises, customized data sets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata (R)'s capabilities, and guidance on using Stata (R) to read raw data.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Stata Information about a Dataset Information about Variables Do-Files Log Files Printing Results and Copying Output A CLOSER LOOK: Weighting the gss2012 and nes2012 Datasets Getting Help Exercises Notes Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics Interpreting Measures of Central Tendency and Variation Describing Nominal Variables Describing Ordinal Variables Describing Interval Variables Obtaining Bar Charts and Histograms Obtaining Case-Level Information with sort and list Exercises Notes Chapter 3: Transforming Variables Transforming Categorical Variables Transforming Interval Variables A CLOSER LOOK: The xtile command The label define and label values Commands Creating an Additive Index Creating Indicator Variables Exercises Notes Chapter 4: Making Comparisons Cross-Tabulation Analysis Mean Comparison Analysis A CLOSER LOOK: The format Command A CLOSER LOOK: The replace Command Exercises Notes Chapter 5: Making Controlled Comparisons Cross-Tabulation Analysis with a Control Variable A CLOSER LOOK: The If Qualifier Mean Comparison Analysis with a Control Variable Exercises Notes Chapter 6: Making Inferences about Sample Means Describing a Sample Mean Testing the Difference between Two Sample Means Extending the mean and lincom Commands Exercises Notes Chapter 7: Chi-square and Measures of Association Analyzing Ordinal-Level Relationships Analyzing an Ordinal-Level Relationship with a Control Variable Analyzing Nominal-Level Relationships Analyzing Unweighted Data with the tabulate Command Exercises Notes Chapter 8: Correlation and Linear Regression The correlate Command and the regress Command A CLOSER LOOK: R-squared and Adjusted R-squared: What's the Difference? Creating a Scatterplot with a Linear Prediction Line Multiple Regression A CLOSER LOOK: Bubble Plots Correlation and Regression with Weighted Data Exercises Notes Chapter 9: Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects Regression with Dummy Variables A CLOSER LOOK: The test Command Interaction Effects in Multiple Regression Graphing Linear Prediction Lines for Interaction Relationships Exercises Notes Chapter 10: Logistic Regression The logit Command and the logistic Command Logistic Regression with Multiple Independent Variables A CLOSER LOOK: The estimates Command and the lrtest Command Working with Predicted Probabilities MERS-MEMS Hybrids Exercises Notes Chapter 11: Doing Your Own Political Analysis Five Doable Ideas Inputting Data Writing It Up Notes
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