Explore classic and cutting-edge statistical tools used in conducting diverse research in the behavioral and social sciences
Inspired by the multifaceted Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition, this book provides a concise, self-contained reference for readers wishing to gain quick access to cutting-edge information about the application of statistical methods and techniques in the social and behavioral sciences.
Featuring contributions from over 100 leading experts in academia and industry, this work combines key articles from the Encyclopedia with new and thoroughly updated content that addresses the latest research methods for gathering, reporting, and analyzing data across diverse subject areas, including economics, psychology, demography, political science, and communications.
The book features new and updated content on quantitative methods and their use in understanding the latest topics in social and behavioral research, including:
- Childhood Obesity
- Agriculture Production
- Current Population Surveys
- Econometrics
- Affluence, Poverty, and Quality of Life
Each contribution offers authoritative, yet easily accessible, coverage of statistical concepts. With updated references and discussion of relevant research topics, readers are provided with the various statistical methods, techniques, strategies, and applications that are essential in tackling critical issues pertaining to the social and behavioral sciences.
Providing a blend of traditional methodology and the latest research, Methods and Applications of Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences is an excellent resource for researchers, professionals, and students in the fields of sociology, psychology, philosophy, education, political science, and related disciplines who would like to learn about the uses of statistics in gathering, reporting, and analyzing data.
Table of Contents:
Preface v
Contributors vii
1. Actuarial Science 1
2. Causation-I 6
3. Causation-II 9
4. Census 25
5. Correlation 32
6. Current Population Survey 46
7. Data Masking for Disclosure Avoidance 56
8. Divisia Indices 66
9. Econometrics 69
10. Educational Statistics 81
11. Electron Forecasting in the United Kingdom 88
12. Electron Projections 93
13. Employment Cost Index 97
14. Evolution of Current Population Survey 105
15. Federal Statistics 119
16. Fertility Measurement 128
17. Graduation 134
18. Human Capital 141
19. Dagum System of Income and Wealth Distributions 156
20. Income Distribution Models 174
21. Income Inequality Measures 186
22. Indexes: Affluence, Poverty, and Quality of Life 210
23. Index of Industrial Production 215
24. Infant Morality 220
25. Labor Statistics 223
26. Life Tables 228
27. Literature and Statistics-I 232
28. Literature and Statistics-II 238
29. Mathematical Theory of Population 242
30. Medico-Actuarial Investigations 249
31. Migration 255
32. Music, Probability, and Statistics 259
33. Numeracy 263
34. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 271
35. Population Growth Models 277
36. Population Projection 285
37. Probabilistic Voting Models 289
38. Productivity Measurement 296
39. Public Opinion Polls 302
40. Purchasing Power Parity 308
41. Psychological Decision Making 313
42. Sabermetrics 319
43. Social Security Statistics 324
44. Social Statistics 329
45. Sociometry 335
46. Scoring Systems in Sports 339
47. Statistical Aspects of Television Viewing 343
48. Statistical Methods in Psychophysics 348
49. Statistics and Religious Studies 353
50. Statistics in Agriculture Production 357
51. Statistics in Archaeology-I 373
52. Statistics in Archaeology-II 378
53. Statistics in Childhood Obesity 385
54. Statistics in Historical Studies 400
55. Statistics in Gambling 407
56. Statistics in Law 411
57. Statistics in Linguistics 421
58. Statistics in Musicology 429
59. Statistics in Political Science 437
60. Statistics in Psychology 446
61. Statistics in Sociology 453
62. Statistics in Sports 461
63. Stochastic Demography 467
64. The Theory and Practice of Index Numbers 480
65. Transferable Vote System for Elections 505
66. Uncertainty in Economics 508
67. U.S. Bureau of the Census 515
68. Utility Theory 531
69. Utilization Analysis 539
70. Vital Statistics 544
71. Whittaker-Henderson Graduation Formulas 549
Index 553
About the Author :
N. BALAKRISHNAN, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University, Canada. Dr. Balakrishnan is coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition and also serves as Editor in Chief of Communications in Statistics. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. In addition to serving as Editor of the Methods and Applications of Statistics series, Dr. Balakrishnan is the coauthor of Precedence-Type Tests and Applications and A Primer on Statistical Distributions, both published by Wiley.
