Data analysis for politics and policy1974
by Edward Tufte
Abstract: Introduction to data analysis; Predictions and projections: some issues of research design; Two-variable linear regression; Multiple regression.
Review: "Journal of the American Statistical Association, September 1976"
Data Analysis for Politics and Policy, Edward R. Tufte. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, 1974. x + 179 pp.
"Edward R. Tufte's book Data Analysis for Politics and Policy is, quite simply, excellent. The aims of the author in the writing of this book is "is to present fundamental material not found in statistics books, and in particular, to show techniques of quantitative analysis in action on problems of politics and policy" (p. ix). To achieve this end, Tufte considers a narrow range of important topics in...