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1、EssentialMathematicsforPoliticalandSocialResearchMorethaneverbefore,modernsocialscientistsrequireabasiclevelofmathe-maticalliteracy,yetmanystudentsreceiveonlylimitedmathematicaltrainingpriortobeginningtheirresearchcareers.Thistextbookaddressesthisdilemmabyofferingacomprehensive,
2、unifiedintroductiontotheessentialmathematicsofsocialscience.Throughoutthebookthepresentationbuildsfromfirstprinci-plesandeschewsunnecessarycomplexity.Mostimportantly,thediscussionisthoroughlyandconsistentlyanchoredinrealsocialscienceapplications,withmorethan80research-basedillustr
3、ationswovenintothetextandfeaturedinend-of-chapterexercises.Studentsandresearchersalikewillfindthisfirst-of-its-kindvolumetobeaninvaluableresource.JeffGillisAssociateProfessorofPoliticalScienceattheUniversityofCalifornia,Davis.HisprimaryresearchappliesBayesianmodelinganddataanalysi
4、stosubstantivequestionsinvoting,publicpolicy,budgeting,bureau-cracy,andCongress.HeiscurrentlyworkinginareasofMarkovchainMonteCarlotheory.HisworkhasappearedinjournalssuchastheJournalofPolitics,PoliticalAnalysis,ElectoralStudies,StatisticalScience,SociologicalMethodsandResearch,Pu
5、blicAdministrationReview,andPoliticalResearchQuarterly.HeistheauthororcoauthorofseveralbooksincludingBayesianMethods:ASocialandBehavioralSciencesApproach(2002),NumericalIssuesinStatisti-calComputingfortheSocialScientist(2003),andGeneralizedLinearModels:AUnifiedApproach(2000).Anal
6、yticalMethodsforSocialResearchAnalyticalMethodsforSocialResearchpresentstextsonempiricalandformalmethodsforthesocialsciences.Volumesintheseriesaddressboththetheoreti-calunderpinningsofanalyticaltechniques,aswellastheirapplicationinsocialresearch.Someseriesvolumesarebroadinscope,
7、cuttingacrossanumberofdisciplines.Othersfocusmainlyonmethodologicalapplicationswithinspe-cificfieldssuchaspoliticalscience,sociology,demography,andpublichealth.Theseriesservesamixofstudentsandresearchersinthesocialsciencesandstatistics.SeriesEditors:R.MichaelAlvarez,CaliforniaInst
8、ituteofTechnologyNathanielL.Beck,NewYorkUnivers
