ISBN:
9781544341095
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 118 Seiten
,
Diagramme
Series Statement:
Quantitative applications in the social sciences volume 186
Series Statement:
Sage University papers / Quantitative applications in the social sciences
DDC:
519.5/37
Keywords:
Correlation (Statistics)
;
Matrices
;
Korrelation
;
Matrix
;
Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract:
"Correlation matrices (along with their unstandardized counterparts, covariance matrices) underlie much of the statistical machinery in common use today. A correlation matrix is more than a matrix filled with correlation coefficients. The value of one coefficient in the matrix puts constraints on the values of the others, and this is a major theme of the volume. The volume is written accessibly, and key points are illustrated with a wide range of lively examples, including correlations between intelligence measured at different ages through adolescence; correlations between public health expenditures, health life expectancy, adult mortality, and other country characteristics; correlations between wellbeing and state-level vital statistics; correlations between the racial composition of cities and professional sports teams; and correlations between childbearing intentions and childbearing outcomes over the reproductive life course"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
