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Thinking Through Statistics is a primer on how to maintain rigorous data standards in social science work, and one that makes a strong case for revising the way that we try to use statistics to support our theories. With clever examples and witty takeaways, John Levi Martin proves himself to be a most affable tour guide through these scholarly waters. He argues that the task of social statistics isn't to estimate parameters, but to reject false theory. He illustrates common pitfalls that can keep researchers from doing just that using a combination of visualizations, re-analyses, and simulations.
Introduction -- Know your data -- Selectivity -- Misspecification and control -- Where is the variance? -- Opportunity knocks -- Time and space -- When the world knows more about the processes than you do -- Too good to be true.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-347) and index.