Public Policy and Statistics - Case Studies from RAND (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)

A critical yet constructive description of the rich analytical techniques and substantive applications that typify how statistical thinking has been applied at the RAND Corporation over the past two decades. Case studies of public policy problems are useful for teaching because they are familiar: almost everyone knows something abut health insurance, global warming, and capital punishment, to name but a few of the applications covered in this casebook. Each case study has a common format that describes the policy questions, the statistical questions, and the successful and the unsuccessful analytic strategies. Readers should be familiar with basic statistical concepts including sampling and regression. While designed for statistics courses in areas ranging from economics to health policy to the law at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, empirical researchers and policy-makers will also find this casebook informative.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Sally C. Morton
Foreword by:	E. Bradley
Editors:	John E. Rolph
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
Edition:	2000 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-98777-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > Local government policies Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General
LSN:	0-387-98777-0
Barcode:	9780387987774

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