The Fifth Edition of A Stata® Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards teaches your students statistics by analyzing research-quality data in Stata. It follows the structure of Essentials of Political Analysis with software instructions, explanations of tests, and many exercises for practice. 

"[The text] provides by far the best introduction for students wanting to learn how to use SPSS in conducting statistical analysis. Its clear in-depth examples makes data analysis accessible to even the most numbers-phobic student." -Michael Burch, Eckerd College In Pollock's trusted IBM SPSS (R) workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them not only for future political science research, but the job world as well. Students learn by doing with new guided examples, annotated screenshots, step-by-step instructions, and exercises that reflect current scholarly debates in American political behavior and comparative politics. This Sixth Edition of An IBM SPSS (R) Companion to Political Analysis features thoroughly revised and updated datasets and is compatible with all post-12 releases of SPSS. Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning.

The Third Edition of An R Companion to Political Analysis by Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards teaches your students to conduct political research with R, the open-source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. This workbook offers the same easy-to-use and effective style as the other software companions to the Essentials of Political Analysis, tailored for R. With this comprehensive workbook, students analyze research-quality data to learn descriptive statistics, data transformations, bivariate analysis (such as cross-tabulations and mean comparisons), controlled comparisons, correlation and bivariate regression, interaction effects, and logistic regression. The clear explanations and instructions are aided by the use of many annotated and labeled screen shots, as well as QR codes linking to demonstration videos. The many end-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply their new skills. The Third Edition includes new and revised exercises, along with new and updated datasets from the 2020 American National Election Study, an experiment dataset, and two aggregate datasets, one on 50 U.S. states and one based on countries of the world. A new structure helps break up individual elements of political analysis for deeper explanation while an updated suite of R functions makes using R even easier. Students will gain valuable skills learning to analyze political data in R.

"This textbook is a great resource for teaching students how to conduct basic quantitative analysis using Stata. It provides intuitive examples from real data sets. I think it is a great resource for teaching students how to carry their own research projects." -Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University Popular for its speed, flexibility, and attractive graphics, Stata is a powerful tool for political science students. With Philip Pollock's Fourth Edition of A Stata (R) Companion to Political Analysis, students quickly learn Stata via step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata's special capabilities, and guidance on using Stata to read raw data. This attractive and value-priced workbook, an ideal complement to Pollock's Essentials of Political Analysis, is a must-have for any political science student working with Stata. Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning.

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"Pollock and Edwards explain the nuts-and-bolts of research design and data analysis in a clear and concise style. The Essential of Political Analysis is an intuitive introduction to complex material, replete with examples from the political science literature that add relevance to statistical concepts. This text offers students an excellent balance between the technical and the practical." -Francis Neely, San Francisco State University Gain the skills you need to conduct political analysis and critically assess statistical research. In this Sixth Edition of The Essentials of Political Science, bestselling authors Philip H. Pollock III and Barry C. Edwards build students' analytic abilities and develop their statistical reasoning with new data, fresh exercises, and accessible examples. This brief, accessible guide walks students through the essentials-measuring concepts, formulating and testing hypotheses, describing variables-while using key terms, chapter-opening objectives, over 80 tables and figures, and practical exercises to get them using and applying their new skills. Using SPSS, STATA or R? Discounted package deals available with Philip H. Pollock's companion workbooks. . Give your students the SAGE edge! SAGE edge offers a robust online environment featuring an impressive array of free tools and resources for review, study, and further exploration, keeping both instructors and students on the cutting edge of teaching and learning.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1920 Edition.

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1920. A Record of High Endeavor and Strange Adventure From 500 BC to 1920 AD. Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. The book is a gathering of real and fictional characters who have lived dramatic and adventurous lives. Some of the Heroes of Reality featured in this volume are: Buddha; King Arthur of Britain; Robin Hood; Dante; Jeanne d'Arc; Henry Hudson; Napoleon Bonaparte; Florence Nightingale; Theodore Roosevelt; and others. The Heroes of Fiction include: William Tell; Don Quixote; Robinson Crusoe; and Rip Van Winkle.

1920. A Record of High Endeavor and Strange Adventure From 500 BC to 1920 AD. Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. The book is a gathering of real and fictional characters who have lived dramatic and adventurous lives. Some of the Heroes of Reality featured in this volume are: Buddha; King Arthur of Britain; Robin Hood; Dante; Jeanne d'Arc; Henry Hudson; Napoleon Bonaparte; Florence Nightingale; Theodore Roosevelt; and others. The Heroes of Fiction include: William Tell; Don Quixote; Robinson Crusoe; and Rip Van Winkle.

1920. A Record of High Endeavor and Strange Adventure From 500 BC to 1920 AD. Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. The book is a gathering of real and fictional characters who have lived dramatic and adventurous lives. Some of the Heroes of Reality featured in this volume are: Buddha; King Arthur of Britain; Robin Hood; Dante; Jeanne d'Arc; Henry Hudson; Napoleon Bonaparte; Florence Nightingale; Theodore Roosevelt; and others. The Heroes of Fiction include: William Tell; Don Quixote; Robinson Crusoe; and Rip Van Winkle.

Teach your students to conduct political research using R, the open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. An R Companion to Political Analysis offers the same easy-to-use and effective style as the best-selling SPSS and Stata Companions. The all-new Second Edition includes new and revised exercises and datasets showing students how to analyze research-quality data to learn descriptive statistics, data transformations, bivariate analysis (cross-tabulations and mean comparisons), controlled comparisons, statistical inference, linear correlation and regression, dummy variables and interaction effects, and logistic regression. The clear explanation and instruction is accompanied by annotated and labeled screen shots and end-of-chapter exercises to help students apply what they have learned. "Students will love this book, as will their teachers." - Courtney Brown, Emory University