A Stata Companion to Political Analysis

by Philip H. Pollock III, Barry C. Edwards

"This textbook is a great resource for teaching students how to conduct basic quantitative analysis using Stata. It provides intuitive examples from real data sets. I think it is a great resource for teaching students how to carry their own research projects." —Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University Popular for its speed, flexibility, and attractive graphics, Stata is a powerful tool for political science students. With Philip Pollock′s Fourth Edition of A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis, students quickly learn Stata via 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. This attractive and value-priced workbook, an ideal complement to Pollock’s Essentials of Political Analysis, is a must-have for any political science student working with Stata. Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning.

Genres: Research, Politics, Political Science

288 pages, Kindle Edition

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.