ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Making Your Case : Using R for Program Evaluation.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190228095
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making Your CaseDDC classification:
  • 005.13/3
LOC classification:
  • H62 -- .A849 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Making Your Case: Using R for Program Evaluation -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction to Program Evaluation in Social Service Agencies -- 2. Issues in Program Evaluation -- 3. Getting Started With R -- 4. Getting Your Data Into R -- 5. Basic Graphics With R -- 6. Making Your Case by Describing Your Data -- 7. Making Your Case by Looking at Factors Related to a Desired Outcome -- 8. Making Your Case Using Linear Regression With R -- 9. Making Your Case Using Logistic Regression With R -- 10. Bringing It All Together: Using The Clinical Record to Evaluate a Program -- Appendix A. Resources for Research Methods -- Appendix B. Terminology Used in This Book -- Appendix C. R Packages Referred to in This Book -- Appendix D. Clinical Record/Filemaker Field Names -- References -- Index -- R Functions Index.
Summary: This book introduces readers to R, a freely available statistical language, to conduct program evaluations. The book uses case studies to illustrate techniques that include data description and visualization, bivariate analysis, simple and multiple regression, and logistic regression. There is a comprehensive example using The Clinical Record as a data repository.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Cover -- Making Your Case: Using R for Program Evaluation -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction to Program Evaluation in Social Service Agencies -- 2. Issues in Program Evaluation -- 3. Getting Started With R -- 4. Getting Your Data Into R -- 5. Basic Graphics With R -- 6. Making Your Case by Describing Your Data -- 7. Making Your Case by Looking at Factors Related to a Desired Outcome -- 8. Making Your Case Using Linear Regression With R -- 9. Making Your Case Using Logistic Regression With R -- 10. Bringing It All Together: Using The Clinical Record to Evaluate a Program -- Appendix A. Resources for Research Methods -- Appendix B. Terminology Used in This Book -- Appendix C. R Packages Referred to in This Book -- Appendix D. Clinical Record/Filemaker Field Names -- References -- Index -- R Functions Index.

This book introduces readers to R, a freely available statistical language, to conduct program evaluations. The book uses case studies to illustrate techniques that include data description and visualization, bivariate analysis, simple and multiple regression, and logistic regression. There is a comprehensive example using The Clinical Record as a data repository.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.