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Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis in the Behavioral and Social Sciences by Michael J. Albers
Call Number: Wiley e-book
ISBN: 9781119290186
Publication Date: 2017
Guides readers through the quantitative data analysis process including contextualizing data within a research situation, connecting data to the appropriate statistical tests, and drawing valid conclusions.

Oxford Reference Online: Economics & Business
Search ten dictionaries for quick definitions to terms in economics, statistics, business and more.
A Glossary of Political Economy Terms
This dictionary contains extensive definitions of around 200 political economic terms.
Concise Encyclopedia of Statistics

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History by Joel Mokyr (Editor)
Call Number: Oxford e-book
ISBN: 9780195105070
Publication Date: 2005
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the field, the Encyclopedia is divided not only by chronological and geographic boundaries, but also by related subfields such as agricultural history, demographic history, business history, and the histories of technology, migration, and transportation.

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Annual Reviews
AR provides scholarly review articles that may serve as starting points for research, or to keep up with research trends in a field. Each article attempts to convey the research output of a discipline or topic, and reports the nature of the research, in terms of its empirical findings, theoretical development, methodology or historical development.
Elsevier Handbooks of Economics
These handbooks contain thorough background on the research and theory of a multitude of economics topics written and edited by experts in the field.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
This longstanding, scholarly publication is the go-to place for background on any topic in economics, because its articles are written by experts who provide for each entry an overview of theory and the current state of research.
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The online edition of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics contains the full text of the 8 volume print edition. In addition, the online Dictionary is a dynamic resource for economists which contains hyperlinked cross-references within articles, features carefully selected and maintained links to related sites, incorporates quarterly additions and updates, and offers search and browse facilities, both full text and advanced.
Routledge Handbooks for Economics Topics
This well-regarded series includes titles such as:
Springer Electronic Books in Economics
This Springer site includes over 28,000 books from every scientific discipline plus economics and some social sciences published in English and German from 2005 to 2010 plus selected older series back to volume 1.
CRC STATSnetBASE
CRC Press produces reference & regular books in the sciences. This subset points to the online statistics resources in economics, including Introduction to Spatial Econometrics, Linear Model Methodology and Diagnostic Checks in Time Series. Example:
- Handbook of Applied Econometrics & Statistical Inference.