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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2015
      October 2015
      ISBN:
      9781139051293
      9780521888264
      9780521716383
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139051293
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.48kg, 264 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 259 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Politics: General Interest, Politics and International Relations
      Series:
      Analytical Methods for Social Research
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    Politics: General Interest, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Analytical Methods for Social Research
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    Many theories in the social sciences predict spatial dependence or the similarity of behaviors at neighboring locations. Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences demonstrates how researchers can diagnose and model this spatial dependence and draw more valid inferences as a result. The book is structured around the well-known Galton's problem and presents a step-by-step guide to the application of spatial analysis. The book examines a variety of spatial diagnostics and models through a series of applied examples drawn from the social sciences. These include spatial lag models that capture behavioral diffusion between actors, spatial error models that account for spatial dependence in errors, and models that incorporate spatial heterogeneity in the effects of covariates. Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences also examines advanced spatial models for time-series cross-sectional data, categorical and limited dependent variables, count data, and survival data.

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    'Do you collect all your data from just one place? Would the geography of what your research covers look like a single dot on a map? If so, then don't read David Darmofal's interesting and accessible book on spatial statistics. And definitely skip the practical discussion of software that shows you how to improve your statistical analyses to account for geographic dependencies.'

    Gary King - Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, and Director, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, Massachusetts

    'Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences is an accessible ‘must-read’ so that scholars learn to recognize the dependencies in their data, how to test for these dependencies, and how to address them. Darmofal is convincing in his conclusion that all social science data are indeed spatial data.'

    Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier - Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University

    'In this detailed, thoughtful book, David Darmofal teaches us how to model data driven by geography, whether cholera outbreaks or presidential votes. This book maps out strategies to define spatial data and draw inferences. His work is thorough, his treatment of the subject is masterful, and students across the social sciences will benefit from this book. This is an exciting read for a methodologically sophisticated reader, providing fantastic illustrations.'

    Betsy Sinclair - Washington University, St Louis

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