Relative Distribution Methods in the Social Sciences

• Main Authors: Handcock, Mark S. (Author), Morris, Martina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1999.
• Series: Statistics for Social Science and Behavorial Sciences
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

In social science research, differences among groups or changes over time are a common focus of study. While means and variances are typically the basis for statistical methods used in this research, the underlying social theory often implies properties of distributions that are not well captured by...