Analysis of Questionnaire Data with R

Bruno Falissard (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2011
Chapman & Hall/CRC (Verlag)
978-1-4398-1766-7 (ISBN)

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While theoretical statistics relies primarily on mathematics and hypothetical situations, statistical practice is a translation of a question formulated by a researcher into a series of variables linked by a statistical tool. As with written material, there are almost always differences between the meaning of the original text and translated text. Additionally, many versions can be suggested, each with their advantages and disadvantages.

Analysis of Questionnaire Data with R translates certain classic research questions into statistical formulations. As indicated in the title, the syntax of these statistical formulations is based on the well-known R language, chosen for its popularity, simplicity, and power of its structure. Although syntax is vital, understanding the semantics is the real challenge of any good translation. In this book, the semantics of theoretical-to-practical translation emerges progressively from examples and experience, and occasionally from mathematical considerations.

Sometimes the interpretation of a result is not clear, and there is no statistical tool really suited to the question at hand. Sometimes data sets contain errors, inconsistencies between answers, or missing data. More often, available statistical tools are not formally appropriate for the given situation, making it difficult to assess to what extent this slight inadequacy affects the interpretation of results. Analysis of Questionnaire Data with R tackles these and other common challenges in the practice of statistics.

After studying mathematics and getting his Ph.D. in biostatistics, the author graduated as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is now professor in biostatistics in Paris-Sud University, head of a master in public health and of the research lab "public health and mental health".

Introduction. Description of Responses. Description of Relationships between Variables. Confidence Intervals and Statistical Tests of Hypothesis. Introduction to Linear, Logistic, Poisson, and Other Regression Models. About Statistical Modelling. Principles for the Validation of a Composite Score. 8 Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling. Introduction to Data Manipulation using R. Appendix A: The Analysis of Questionnaire Data using R: Memory Card. References. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2011
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 64 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Computerprogramme / Computeralgebra
ISBN-10	1-4398-1766-9 / 1439817669
ISBN-13	978-1-4398-1766-7 / 9781439817667
Zustand	Neuware