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Multivariate Analysis in the Human Services
John R. Schuerman
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Description for Multivariate Analysis in the Human Services
Hardback. Series: International Series in Social Welfare. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Research and evaluation in the human services usually involves a relatively large number of variables. We are interested in phenomena that have many aspects and many causes. The techniques needed to deal with many variables go beyond those of introductory statistics. Elementary procedures in statistics are limited in usefulness to situations in which we have two or three variables. When we have more than that, application of elementary techniques will often yield mis leading results. Why are elementary techniques inadequate when applied to many variables? Why, for example, should we not simply interpret a series of correlations of independent and ... Read more
Research and evaluation in the human services usually involves a relatively large number of variables. We are interested in phenomena that have many aspects and many causes. The techniques needed to deal with many variables go beyond those of introductory statistics. Elementary procedures in statistics are limited in usefulness to situations in which we have two or three variables. When we have more than that, application of elementary techniques will often yield mis leading results. Why are elementary techniques inadequate when applied to many variables? Why, for example, should we not simply interpret a series of correlations of independent and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
International Series in Social Welfare
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780898381054
SKU
V9780898381054
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