Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians

Informationen zum Autor Floud, Roderick Zusammenfassung Relevant to various branches of historical inquiry, this book provides an introduction for all students and research workers. The simpler and more useful techniques of descriptive and analytical statistics are described, up to the level of simple linear regression. Also, there are historical examples used throughout. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. Classifying Historical Data 2. Arranging Historical Data 3. Some Simple Mathematics 4. The Preliminary Analysis of Data, I: Frequency Distributions and Charts 5. The Preliminary Analysis of Data 6. The Analysis of Time Series 7. Relationships Between Variables 8. The Problem of Imperfect Data 9. Computers and Data Processing Equipment Bibliography Logarithms Antilogarithms Index

Product details

• Authors: Roderick Floud, Floud Roderick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2005
• EAN: 9780415379267
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37926-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Economic History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); History, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, REFERENCE / General, Economic history