Popular for its speed, flexibility, and attractive graphics, Stata is a powerful tool for political science students. With Pollock's second edition, students quickly learn Stata with step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight S[...]

In this much-anticipated revision of the popular SPSS workbook, students dive headfirst into actual political data and work with a software tool that prepares them for future political-science research. Students learn by doing with guided examples, more than 120 screenshots, and step-bystep instruc[...]

This volume walks students through the use of R, an open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It features clear explanation, instruction and guidance; with plenty of annotated and labelled screenshots and a wealth of exercises and datasets so s[...]