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Statistical Software

  • Applied Multivariate Statistics with SAS Software, by Ravindra Khattree and Dayanand N. Naik, 1999.QA278 .K43 1999 Science-Engineering Library
  • Learning SAS by example : a programmer's guide, by Ron Cody, 2007. Library Electronic Resource
  • Data analysis using SAS, by C.Y. Joanne Peng, QA276.4 .P46 2009 Science-Engineering Library
  • Univariate and multivariate general linear models : theory and applications with SAS, by Kevin Kim, 2007. QA279 .T56 2007 Science-Engineering Library
  • Handbook of univariate and multivariate data analysis and interpretation with SPSS, by Robert Ho, 2006.  QA279 .H6 2006 Science-Engineering Library.
  • Quantitative data analysis using SPSS : an introduction for health & social science, by Pete Greasley, 2008.  Library electronic resource
  • Statistics using SPSS : an integrative approach, by Sharon L. Weinberg, Sarah Knapp Abramowitz, 2008.  QA276 .W4423 2008 Science-Engineering Library
  • A Handbook of Statistical analyses using Stata, by Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Brian Everitt, 2004.  QA276.4 .R33 2004 Science-Engineering Library.
  • Data Analysis Using Stata, by Ulrich Kohler and Frauke Kreute, 2009.  QA276.4 .K63 2009 Science-Engineering Library
  • Find more in Library Catalog by name of software package

GIS Software 

  • Getting to know ArcGIS desktop : basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo, by Tim Ormsby, 2008.  G70.212 .G489 2008 Main Library. 
  • Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS : featuring GIS software from Environmental Systems Research Institute, by Michael Kennedy, 2006.  G70.212 .K47 2006 Main Library
  • Search Library Catalog under "ArcGIS"

 

Population Studies and the U.S. Census  

Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census. 2000.

Population and development review (journal) . Internet access available.

Census Technical Documentation:  These guides define the variables, provide copies of the questionnaires, and explain the data collection methodologies. They are available for the:

  • 1987 Census of Agriculture (call number C3.277:Ag8/987/doc and C3.277:Ag8/987/spec./doc. -- located in Main Library Reference)
  • 1987 Economic Census (call number C3.277:Ec7/987/doc./v.2/rel.2B -- located in Main Library Reference)
  • 1990 Census of Population and Housing (call number C3.282:990/doc/ -- located in Main Library Reference)

Statistical Methods

  • Qualitative research methods for the social sciences, by Bruce L. Berg, 2001. H61 .B4715 2001 Main Library.

  • Applied longitudinal data analysis : modeling change and event occurrence, by Judith B. Singer and John B. Willett, 2003. H62 .S47755 2003 Main Library.

  • Quantitative research methods in the social sciences, by Paul S. Maxim, 1999. HA29 .M2968 1999 Main Library

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