Handbook of Statistical Modeling for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

by G. Arminger (Editor), Clifford C. Clogg (Editor), M.E. Sobel (Editor)

Overview

Contributors thoroughly survey the most important statistical models used in empirical reserch in the social and behavioral sciences. Following a common format, each chapter introduces a model, illustrates the types of problems and data for which the model is best used, provides numerous examples that draw upon familiar models or procedures, and includes material on software that can be used to estimate the models studied. This handbook will aid researchers, methodologists, graduate students, and statisticians to understand and resolve common modeling problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306448058
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/30/1994
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.05(d)

Table of Contents

1 Causal Inference in the Social and Behavioral Sciences.- 2 Missing Data.- 3 Specification and Estimation of Mean Structures: Regression Models.- 4 Specification and Estimation of Mean- and Covariance-Structure Models.- 5 The Analysis of Contingency Tables.- 6 Latent Class Models.- 7 Panel Analysis for Metric Data.- 8 Panel Analysis for Qualitative Variables.- 9 Analysis of Event Histories.- 10 Random Coefficient Models Nicholas.

Editorial Reviews

This is a collection of chapters on modern statistical techniques written by leading experts in the field. The emphasis is on applied techniques geared toward the nonexperimental data that are common in the social and health sciences. Important topics covered in this collection include missing data, longitudinal data, causal inference, structural equations models, contingency table analysis, latent variable models, random-effects models, and event history analysis. The purpose is to present and review many of the most current statistical models and methods for the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Researchers in these fields often face a number of common problems inherent in the analysis of nonexperimental data, and this book is meant to describe ways of handling these problems. This is an important and timely presentation of many areas of active research in applied statistics that will be of interest to a wide class of applied statisticians and researchers. The book is targeted for quantitative methodologists, applied statisticians, empirical researchers, and graduate students in the social, behavioral, and health sciences. Because the book presents state-of-the-art techniques, it is written at a fairly high statistical level and so will be of use primarily to the targeted audience. Graduate students in pursuit of a dissertation topic would be well advised to read some of the chapters in this collection to see what is currently available and other areas where more work is necessary. The book includes some figures and many equations, and the equations, which were typeset using LATEX, are very clear and readable. The reference lists for each chapter are comprehensive, and the indexis complete. This is an extremely useful book primarily for applied statisticians and quantitative methodologists. It brings together many important areas of recent statistical development and does so in a thorough and comprehensive manner. The chapters are written by an impressive collection of leading statistical experts. The reader can learn a wealth of material concerning recent statistical advances and methodology all in this one book.

Donald Hedeker

A research handbook and reference for quantitative methodologists, applied statisticians, empirical researchers, and graduate students in disciplines such as communications, demography, economics, education, geography, political science, psychology, statistics, and sociology. Each chapter introduces the models in a simple context, illustrating the types of problems and data for which the models are useful. All chapters include material on software that can be used in connection with the models studied. For those interested in the more technical aspects of the subjects, the authors also present reviews that present the state-of-the-art in their area. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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