Quantitative methods in social science / Stephen Gorard.

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Gorard, Stephen

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TextPublication details: New York ; London : Continuum, c2003.Description: xv, 252 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0826465862 (pbk.)
0826465870

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CONTENTS: Introduction -- the role of numbers in research -- Finding secondary data: the 'idle' researcher -- Simple analysis?: index wars and other battles -- Sampling: the basis of all research -- Surveying the field: questionnaire design -- Simple non-parametric statistics: minding your table manners -- Research claims: modelling the social world -- Experimental approaches: a return to the gold standard? -- Elementary parametric tests: what do they signify? -- Progress via regression: introducing correlations -- Combining approaches: a 'compleat' researcherGlossary of selected terms.

Summary: This clever scheme builds on Gorard's previous book, Quantitative Methods in Educational Research. He has revised the original book in the light of experience and feedback, and has reworked it so that it includes more social science examples. Four chapters are entirely new.

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	Main	RTC Library Main opac		Main TEST		300.72 GOR				1	Available			30010663
	Main	RTC Library Main opac		Main TEST		300.72 GOR				2	Available			30010473

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.

This clever scheme builds on Gorard's previous book, Quantitative Methods in Educational Research. He has revised the original book in the light of experience and feedback, and has reworked it so that it includes more social science examples. Four chapters are entirely new.