| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 547 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-538) and indexes. |
| Contents |
PART I. Elementary statistical analysis: -- Introduction -- Descriptive statistics -- Correlation -- Simple linear regression -- PART II. Samples and inductive statistics: -- Standard errors and confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing -- Non-parametric tests -- PART III. Multiple linear regression: -- Multiple relationships -- Classical linear regression model -- Dummy variables and lagged values -- PART IV. Further topics in regression analysis: -- Violating the assumptions of the classical model -- Non-linear models and functional forms -- Logit, probit, and tobit models -- PART V. Specifying and interpreting models: four case studies: -- Case studies 1 and 2: unemployment in Britain and emigration from Ireland -- Case studies 3 and 4: the Old Poor Law in England and leaving home in the United States, 1850-60 -- Appendix A. Four data sets -- Appendix B. Index numbers. |
| Summary |
This authoritative guide to quantitative methods is designed to be used as the basic text for taught graduate courses, and upper-level students working on their own. Illustrated with tables, graphs and diagrams, it introduces key topics, and supported by five specific historical data-sets, available electronically in downloadable and manipulatable form. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
History -- Statistical methods.
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History -- Statistical methods. |
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History -- Methodology.
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History -- Methodology. |
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Historical models.
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Historical models. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Geschiedschrijving.
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Kwantitatieve methoden.
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| Added Author |
Thomas, Mark, 1954-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feinstein, C.H. Making history count. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521806631 0521001374 (DLC) 2001035660 (OCoLC)47045137 |
| ISBN |
051107798X (electronic book) |
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9780511077982 (electronic book) |
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0511119771 (electronic book) |
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9780511119774 (electronic book) |
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051107641X |
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9780511076411 |
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9781139164832 (electronic book) |
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113916483X (electronic book) |
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0521001374 (Paper) |
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0521806631 (Cloth) |
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9780521806633 |
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9780521001373 |
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