A 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.

Genres: Research, Politics, Political Science

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Radwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for learning SPSS and practicing its basic functions.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read this for a college-level political analysis class. It was fairly useful in learning how to use the SPSS computer program. However, combined with The Essentials of Political Analysis (also written by Philip H. Pollock III) it became a VERY useful tool for learning SPSS. Both these books were required for my political analysis class.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the ultimate beginner's guide to STATA (much better than any book that actually touts itself as a beginner's guide to STATA). It gives step by step guides to all of the basic statistical techniques through logistic regression, and it tells you how to get around some of STATA's little glitchy issues.