Jeff Gill

Essential Mathematics for Political and Social Research

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2006 book addresses the comprehensive introduction to the mathematical principles needed by modern social scientists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 478
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 921g
• ISBN-13: 9780521834261
• ISBN-10: 0521834260
• Artikelnr.: 22739928

Autorenporträt

Jeff Gill is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. His current research is focused on projects such as Bayesian hierarchical models, MCMC theory, budgetary behavior in the House of Representatives, Congress, generalized linear model theory, and simulation techniques. He recently completed a book entitled Numerical Issues in Statistical Computing for the Social Scientist (with Altman and McDonald).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The basics
2. Analytic geometry
3. Linear algebra: vectors, matrices and operations
4. Linear algebra continued: matrix structure
5. Elementary scalar calculus
6. Additional topics in scalar and vector calculus
7. Probability theory
8. Random variables
9. Markov chains.