GIBBONS: NONPARAMETRIC MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION (UP 91) (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) - Softcover

Buch 72 von 194: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

Gibbons, Jean Dickinson

 
9780803946644: GIBBONS: NONPARAMETRIC MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION (UP 91) (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803946643 ISBN 13: 9780803946644
Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

When analyzing data, how should the relationship between two or more sets of observations be described, that is, values of two or more variables, when the variables are ordinal and not bivariate normal? Aimed at helping the researcher select the most appropriate measure of association for two or more variables, the author clearly describes such techniques as Spearman's rho, Kendall's tau, Goodman and Kruskals' gamma and Somer's d and carefully explains the calculation procedures as well as the substantive meaning of each measure. In addition, each technique is illustrated by one or more examples from recent social or behavioural science studies. Finally, Gibbons provides information on the strengths and weaknesses of leading statisti

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Gibbons, a retired professor from the University of Alabama who now lives in Florida, earned her Ph.D. in statistics from Virginia Tech in 1962. She says she made the gift as an effort to enable the university to recruit the nation's best doctoral candidates in her field, and to help the United States remain the global leader in the discipline.

"Statistics is my love," Gibbons said. "It's my vocation, as well as my avocation. I was so delighted when I discovered statistics ... and I think that it is a field that will always be of utmost importance."

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Verlag
SAGE Publications, Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803946643
ISBN 13 
9780803946644
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
104
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