TY - BOOK AU - MACFIE Brian P AU - NUFRIO Philip M TI - Applied statistics for public policy SN - 0765612399 (hbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - Armonk, NY PB - M E Sharpe KW - SOCIAL SCIENCES KW - STATISTICAL METHODS KW - POLITICS N2 - Shows, with the help of numerous examples, how to use statistical tools to analyse data and make informed policy decisions. Each chapter concludes with exercises that can be solved using an Excel template called POLYSTAT. The template and 94 sample data sets are on the CD-ROM that accompanies the book ER -