Basic Math For Social Scientists: Concepts (quantitative Applications In The Social Sciences)

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A review of the basic mathematical concepts that underlie most quantitative analysis in the social sciences is presented in this volume. The author begins with an algebra review featuring sets and combinations and then discusses limits and continuity. Calculus is presented next, with an introduction to differential calculus, multivariate functions, partial derivatives, and integral calculus. Finally the book deals with matrix algebra. Packed with helpful definitions, equations, examples and alternative notations, the book also includes a useful appendix of common mathematical symbols and Greek letters.

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cover next page > Basic Math for Social Scientists Concepts title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject: Basic Math for Social Scientists : Concepts Sage University Papers Series. Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences ; No. 07-108 Hagle, Timothy M. Sage Publications, Inc. 0803958757 9780803958753 9780585180854 English Mathematics, Social sciences--Mathematics. 1995 QA37.2.H227 1995eb 515/.14 Mathematics, Social sciences--Mathematics. cover next page > < previous=""> cover-0 next page > SAGE UNIVERSITY PAPERS Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Series Editor: Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa Editorial Consultants Richard A. Berk, Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles William D. Berry, Political Science, Florida State University Kenneth A. Bollen, Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Linda B. Bourque, Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles Jacques A. Hagenaars, Social Sciences, Tilburg University Sally Jackson, Communications, University of Arizona Richard M. Jaeger, Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Gary King, Department of Government, Harvard University Roger E. Kirk, Psychology, Baylor University Helena Chmura Kraemer, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Peter Marsden, Sociology, Harvard University Helmut Norpoth, Political Science, SUNY, Stony Brook Frank L. Schmidt, Management and Organization, University of Iowa Herbert Weisberg, Political Science, The Ohio State University Publisher Sara Miller McCune, Sage Publications, Inc. INSTRUCTIONS TO POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTORS For guidelines on submission of a monograph proposal to this series, please write Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Editor Sage QASS Series Department of Political Science University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 < previous=""> cover-0 next page > < previous=""> page_i next page > Page i Series/Number 07-108 Basic Math for Social Scientists Concepts Timothy M. Hagle The University of Iowa SAGE PUBLICATIONS International Educational and Professional Publisher Thousand Oaks London New Delhi < previous=""> page_i next page > < previous=""> page_ii next page > Page ii Copyright © 1995 by Sage Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information address: SAGE Publications, Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 E-mail: [email protected] SAGE Publications Ltd. 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU United Kingdom SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd. M-32 Market Greater Kailash I New Delhi 110 048 India Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publica