Cross-Level Inference

by W. Phillips Shively and Christopher H. Achen

Book Overview

In the last several years, new disputes have erupted over the use of group averages from census areas or voting districts to draw inferences about individual social behavior. Social scientists, policy analysts, and historians often have little choice about using this kind of data, but statistical analysis of them is fraught with pitfalls. The recent debates have led to a new menu of choices for the applied researcher. This volume explains why older...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226002195
• ISBN13: 9780226002194
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"