Soc271C

Methods of Sociological Research: II. Analysis of Categorical Dependent Variables

Fall 2005

Contents of the Reader
Syllabus
Pretest for Course

Part 00. Preliminaries: Lecture Notes

Contents
Types of Statistical Models
Probability Theory

Part 0. Preliminaries: Class Handouts

Contents
Types of Statistical Models
Probability Theory
Exponents and Logarithms

Part I. Lecture Notes

Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Principles of Advanced Estimation

Part II. Class Handouts

Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Stata Output Table 1, 2
Computing Probabilities from Logits Backwards
Probabilities, Odds, and Odds Ratios
Likelihood Ratio Statistics
ML Estimation
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Addendum 1
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Addendum 1
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Addendum 1
Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Addendum 1

Part III. Tables

Contents
Normal Probability Table Tail Distribution
Logit, Probit Tables
Chi Square Distribution Probability Table Tail Distribution

Part IV. Description of Data

Contents
Codebook
Descriptive Statistics
Data set

Part V. Homework Assignments

Contents
Computer Exercises
Theoretical Exercises
Do-file for Topic 1

Part VI. Description of Computer Software

Contents
How to Submit Runs
Structure of Syntax Files
STATA Survival Guide

Part VII. Various Readings

Contents
Berk, 1983
McCloskey and Ziliak, 1996
Petersen, 1985
Petersen, Saporta, and Seidel, 2000
Petersen, Saporta, and Seidel, 2005
Long and Cheng, 2004
Winship and Mare, 1983
Winship and Mare, 1984

Last updated: September 7, 2005