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Quantitative methods in social science

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
eBook, English, ©2003
Continuum, New York, ©2003
1 online resource (xv, 252 pages) : illustrations
9781282014046, 9781441144768, 9786612014048, 1282014048, 1441144765, 6612014040
607069121
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' researcher
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