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Author:

Feinstein, C. H.

Title:

Making history count : a primer in quantitative methods for historians / Charles H. Feinstein and Mark Thomas.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xxi, 547 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

History--Statistical methods.
History--Methodology.
Historical models.

Other Authors:

Thomas, Mark, 1954-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 529-538) and indexes.

Contents:

Appendix B. Index numbers 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 -- Violating the assumptions of the classical model -- PART IV. Further topics in regression analysis: -- -- 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

ISBN:

9780521001373 (pbk.)
0521001374 (pbk.)
9780521806633 (hbk.)
0521806631 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47045137
(OCoLC)50782739

LCCN:

2001035660

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)