Donald J. Treiman 
Quantitative Data Analysis [PDF ebook] 
Doing Social Research to Test Ideas

This book is an accessible introduction to quantitative data
analysis, concentrating on the key issues facing those new to
research, such as how to decide which statistical procedure is
suitable, and how to interpret the subsequent results. Each chapter
includes illustrative examples and a set of exercises that allows
readers to test their understanding of the topic. The book, written
for graduate students in the social sciences, public health, and
education, offers a practical approach to making sociological sense
out of a body of quantitative data. The book also will be useful to
more experienced researchers who need a readily accessible handbook
on quantitative methods.

The author has posted stata files, updates and data sets at
his website
http://tinyurl.com/Treiman-stata-files-data-sets.

Sobre el autor

Donald J. Treiman, Ph D, is Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles. He was also, until recently, director of the California Center for Population Research.