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Statistická analýza sociálněvědních dat v R
Statistical analysis of social science data in R

Author(s): Petr Soukup, Ladislav Rabušic, Petr Mareš
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education , Methodology and research technology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Education
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: data analysis; statistical analysis; R (programming language); statistical software; social sciences; university textbooks;
Summary/Abstract: The textbook tries to introduce students and researchers from the field of social sciences statistical analysis of data that come mainly from questionnaire surveys. R (freeware) is used for all calculations, especially through the so-called R Commander. In addition to an introduction to working with R and R commander, the book includes basic procedures for describing and editing data, and then basic analytical procedures in social science statistics, specifically t-tests, analysis of variance, correlation and regression analysis (including the logistic regression model). The book concludes with chapters on factor analysis and cluster analysis. The book is based on a successful textbook (by the same author team) dedicated to the statistical analysis of social science data in the SPSS environment.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-80-280-0151-3
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-80-280-0150-6
  • Page Count: 491
  • Publication Year: 2023
  • Language: Czech