Introduction to Political Analysis in R

Aimed at equipping readers with the essential quantitative skills to analyze political data, the book bridges practical coding techniques in R with foundational statistical concepts, emphasizing real-world applications in politics. ics while developing transferable analytical skills.

List of contents

1.Introduction
2.Getting Started with R for Data Analysis
3.Importing, Cleaning, and Describing Data
4.Data Visualization
5.Data Wrangling: Cleaning and Transforming Data
6.Maps and Spatial Data
7.Scaling and Clustering for Pattern Detection
8.Patterns in Text as Data
9.Analyzing Election Studies
10.Linear Models
11.Evaluating and Extending Linear Models
12.Linear Models for Binary Outcomes

About the author

H. Whitt Kilburn is Associate Professor of Political Science, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.

Product details

• Authors: H. Whitt Kilburn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032556581
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3255658-1
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Psychological methodology, Probability & statistics, Mathematical & statistical software, Probability and statistics, Mathematical and statistical software, data science;political science;statistics