Data Analysis for Politics and Policy (Foundations of Modern Political Science) [Import] [Hardcover]

Edward R. Tufte (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (September 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131975412
• ISBN-13: 978-0131975415
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,749,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clear exposition and nascent use of clear graphics, November 12, 2003

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John C. Mckee "cmckee6" (Spring TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Data Analysis for Politics and Policy (Paperback)

Prior to becoming THE authority on the graphic display of quantitative information, Edward Tufte was a political scientist of the first order, an excellent statistician and a teacher par excellence. This slim volume is one of the clearest introduction to the use of regression analysis one could hope to find. I used it extensively in graduate school and have consulted frequently since.

The clear use of graphics foretell Tufte's groundbreaking later work and provide a guide for thinking statistically.

More importantly, Tufte is rigorous and demands one to constantly evaluate the quality of the data at hand and the logical or causal relationships one is positing. \

A great book for the beginning data analyst and a must for political science graduate students.