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100	1		_aGorard, Stephen.
245	1	0	_aQuantitative methods in social science / _cStephen Gorard.
260			_aNew York ; _aLondon : _bContinuum, _cc2003.
300			_axv, 252 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-249) and index.
505			_aCONTENTS: 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. _g _r _t
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch _xMethodology.
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xStatistical methods.
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