Quantitative methods in tourism : a handbook / Rodolfo Baggio and Jane Klobas.

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Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The Analysis of Data -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1.The Nature of Data in Tourism -- Introduction -- Data: A Taxonomy -- Data Harmonization, Standards and Collaboration -- Data Quality -- Concluding Remarks -- Sources of Secondary Tourism Data -- 2.Testing Hypotheses -- Introduction -- Parametric and Non-parametric Tests -- Effect Size and Statistical Power -- Sample Size and Significance -- A Summary of Statistical Tests -- 3.Data Analysis -- Introduction -- Factor Analysis -- Cluster Analysis -- Multidimensional Scaling and Correspondence Analysis -- 4.Model Building -- Simple Regression -- Multiple Regression -- Logistic Regression -- Structural Equation Modeling -- Mediation and Moderation in Model Building -- Multi-Level Modeling -- 5.Time-dependent Phenomena and Forecasting -- Introduction -- Basic Concepts of Time Series -- Filtering Techniques -- Comparing Time Series Models -- Combining Forecasts -- Stationarity, Stability and System Representations -- pt. 2 Numerical Methods -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 6.Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- Estimating Statistical Parameters -- Likelihood Ratio Test -- 7.Monte Carlo Methods -- Numerical Experiments -- Random and Pseudo-Random Numbers -- 8.Agent-based Modeling and Simulations -- Complex Adaptive Systems and Simulations -- Agent-based Models -- Issues with Agent-based Models -- Evaluation of an Agent-based Model -- Concluding Remarks.