Many thanks to those who replied with some useful suggestions.
There seems to be a shortage of introductory texts with good
statistics and political examples. Would anyone like to write one?
I located 2 possibles at Amazon.com. Has anyone seen these? (-
well perhaps not the first one!)
MORTON, Rebecca B (1999 – to be published August) Methods
and Models: A Guide to the Empirical Analysis of Formal Models
in Political Science. Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd) ISBN: 052163394X
CHAMPNEY, Leonard (1995) Introduction to Quantitative Political
Science. Addison-Wesley ISBN: 0065010329
Sue
REPLIES below:
You might want to determine the math level of your students before
choosing a book. If their math level is average to low you may find
that
using a text designed for Business Stat Students easier for them
to handle
than a statistics book geared for the math inclined student.
Dr. Robert C. Knodt
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I doubt if it's still in print, but it's worth looking at Edward R Tufter,
Data Analysis for Politics and Policy, Prentice-Hall 1974 - Peter M
Lee
It is not just a cynical streak which leads me to suggest:
Darrell Huff "How to Lie with Statistics"
since this warns quite wittily how statistics can be misused.
For a general student-friendly text which I found attractive for all
sorts
of backgrounds, try
D Freedman, R Pisani & R Purves "Statistics"
Let me know if you get any more subject-specific suggestions
Quentin Burrell
You might be interested in these internet based resources for
politics
students doing statistics
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/statistics/
http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/learning/lincoln/bottom.html
http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/statnote.htm
Mhairi
statistics by freedman, pisani and purves
norton hall
brilliant, philosophical , data-analytic, conceptual rather
than mathematical
entertain no other text!
nick fay (dr - med stats, chmr)
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