Statistical Methods in Social Science Research

✍ Scribed by S P Mukherjee

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 158
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents various recently developed and traditional statistical techniques, which are increasingly being applied in social science research. The social sciences cover diverse phenomena arising in society, the economy and the environment, some of which are too complex to allow concrete statements; some cannot be defined by direct observations or measurements; some are culture- (or region-) specific, while others are generic and common. Statistics, being a scientific method – as distinct from a ‘science’ related to any one type of phenomena – is used to make inductive inferences regarding various phenomena. The book addresses both qualitative and quantitative research (a combination of which is essential in social science research) and offers valuable supplementary reading at an advanced level for researchers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
Introduction (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 1-11
Randomized Response Techniques (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 13-27
Content Analysis (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 29-37
Scaling Techniques (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 39-52
Data Integration Techniques (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 53-60
Statistical Assessment of Agreement (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 61-68
Meta-Analysis (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 69-74
Cluster and Discriminant Analysis (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 75-94
Principal Component Analysis (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 95-102
Factor Analysis (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 103-111
Multidimensional Scaling (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 113-122
Social and Occupational Mobility (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 123-133
Social Network Analysis (S. P. Mukherjee, Bikas K. Sinha, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay )....Pages 135-152

✦ Subjects

Statistical Methods, Social Science, Research