Matthew Loveless

Political Analysis (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Data and Statistics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Statistics are part of our everyday life: from polling and elections to advertising claims, we confront numerical claims all the time. Rather than being swayed by bad arguments and questionable correlations, this book introduces you to the most common and contemporary statistical methods so that you can better understand the world.

This is the most accessible guide to using statistics in Politics and IR research. Praised for being intuitive and engaging, this textbook walks you through the most common tools - from crosstabs to correlations; from multiple to logistic regression - in a way that couldn't be more different than dull number crunching or complicated techniques. Instead, it empowers you to decide the best means to analyse a problem.

Fully updated and revised throughout, this new edition is accompanied by four workbooks that provide both practical and theoretical examples using different statistical software: SPSS, Stata, R, and Python. Simply choose the relevant workbook and learn how to do your own statistical analysis with the included activities, screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

This text is essential for anyone looking to become proficient in statistics: whether that's to gain statistical literacy, to complete your thesis, to boost your value on the job market, or to become an active and informed consumer of current affairs.

Why let other people explain the world to you?

Matthew Loveless is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna, Italy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781036231088
• Artikelnr.: 74312463

Autorenporträt

Matthew Loveless is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna (Italy). He is also co-founder of the Center for Research and Social Progress. He has taught quantitative methods to undergraduate and graduate students since 2003. He has held academic positions in the United States (Georgetown University; University of Mississippi), the United Kingdom (Nuffield Fellow, Oxford; University of Kent), and Italy (Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute, Florence; University of Bologna) in addition to visiting positions at Sciences Po - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Grenoble (France), the University of Georgia (USA); Davison College (USA); St. Antony's College (Oxford, UK); Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: (Germany), and the University of Debrecen (Hungary). His research interests include in the field of Political Behavior in Europe, particularly as it relates to how individuals perceive and make sense of politics (recent examples focusing on political attitudes include International Political Science Review, Political Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy). Recent publications also include co-authored work that incorporate party competition with recent publications in Government and Opposition, Electoral Studies, and the Journal of Common Market Studies. He lives with his family in Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

The Scientific Method And Statistics
Theory And Hypotheses
Data And Variables
Research Design
Statistics And The Scientific Study Of Politics
Descriptive Statistics
Univariate Descriptive Statistics
Measures Of Association I: Nominal- And Ordinal-Level Variables
Measures Of Association II: Means Comparison And Correlation
Measures Of Association III: (Bivariate) Regression
Inferential Statistics
An Introduction To Inference
Inference For Nominal- & Ordinal-level Variables
The Central Limit Theorem
Inference For Interval-Level Variables
Multiple Regression
Multiple Regression
Extensions To Multiple Regression
Issues With Multiple Regression
Binary Logistic Regression
Categorical And Limited Dependent Variables
Current Debates
Big Alternatives
The Ethics Of Data Analysis

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Chapter 1: The Scientific Method and Statistics
Chapter 2: Theory and Hypotheses
Chapter 3: Data and Variables
Chapter 4: Research Design and the Scientific Study of Politics
Chapter 5: The Ethics of Data Analysis
PART I Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 6: Univariate Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 7: Measures of Association I: Nominal- and Ordinal-level Variables
Chapter 8: Measures of Association II: Means Comparison and Correlation
Chapter 9: Measures of Association III: (Bivariate) Regression
PART II Inferential Statistics
Chapter 10: An Introduction to Interference
Chapter 11: Inference for Nominal- and Ordinal-level Variables
Chapter 12: The Central Limit Theorem
Chapter 13: Inference for Interval-level Variables
PART III Multiple Regression
Chapter 14: Multiple Regression
Chapter 15: Extensions to Multiple Regression
Chapter 16: Issues with Multiple Regression
Chapter 17: Binary Logistic Regression
Chapter 18: Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables Epilogue

Rezensionen

Written in clear, engaging and entertaining way, this indispensable book offers students everything they need to master the fundamentals of political analysis, offering an accessible entry-point to what is often an intimidating topic. This will be top of my next syllabus!

Dr Govinda Clayton