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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809631903321

Autore

Lumley Thomas <1969->

Titolo

Complex surveys : a guide to analysis using R / / Thomas Lumley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

9786612548307

9781118210932

111821093X

9781282548305

1282548301

9780470580066

0470580062

9780470580059

0470580054

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Wiley Series in Survey Methodology ; ; v.565

Classificazione

SK 845

Disciplina

515.0285

Soggetti

Mathematical statistics - Data processing

R (Computer program language)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Complex Surveys: A Guide to Analysis Using R; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Acronyms; 1 Basic Tools; 2. Simple and Stratified sampling; 3. Cluster sampling; 4. Graphics; 5 Ratios and linear regression; 6 Categorical data regression; 7 Post-stratification, raking and calibration; 8 Two-phase sampling; 9 Missing data; 10 * Causal inference; Appendix A: Analytic Details; Appendix B: Basic R; Appendix C: Computational details; Appendix D: Database-backed design objects; Appendix E: Extending the package; References; Author Index; Topic Index

Sommario/riassunto

A complete guide to carrying out complex survey analysis using R As survey analysis continues to serve as a core component of sociological research, researchers are increasingly relying upon data gathered from complex surveys to carry out traditional analyses. Complex Surveys is a practical guide to the analysis of this kind of data using R, the freely



available and downloadable statistical programming language. As creator of the specific survey package for R, the author provides the ultimate presentation of how to successfully use the software for analyzing data from complex s