**Meet the editor**

Türkmen Göksel holds a PhD degree in Economics (2009) from the University of Minnesota, USA. He received both his BSc and MSc degrees in Economics from Ankara University in 2002 and 2004, respectively. In 2013, he became an associate professor of economics. Currently, he is employed at the Department of Economics, Ankara University, Turkey. His main research

interests are macroeconomics, international economics, mathematical modeling, programming languages, and electoral systems. He has published many papers in local and international peer-reviewed journals in these fields, and has also published books about electoral systems and applications of MATLAB in social sciences. In addition to Ankara University, he has taught courses at the University of Minnesota, USA, and Boğaziçi University, Turkey.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 The Role of Statistics on Quantification 1**

**Statistics in the Social Sciences 7**

Chapter 4 **Statistical Research of Investment Appeal of**

Burtseva Tatiana Alexsandrovna

Chapter 5 **Agenda 2030: Measuring Progress in the Montenegro's**

Chapter 6 **The Application of Discrete Choice Models in Transport 85**

Chapter 2 **The Relationship between Theory, Scientific Explanation and**

**Section 2 Applications of Statistics on Economics and Development 25**

Chapter 3 **Statistical Methodology for Evaluating Business Cycles with the**

**Conditions of Their Synchronization and Harmonization 27**

**National Strategy for Sustainable Development through SDG**

Gordana Djurovic, Milica Muhadinovic, Vasilije Djurovic and Martin

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Statistics 3** Türkmen Göksel

Laura Ibarra García

Elena Zarova

**Indicators 63**

Foued Aloulou

M. Bojaj

**Russian Regions 49**
