Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods: An Investigative Approach

✍ Scribed by Professor Mark Balnaves, Dr Peter Caputi

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 272
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods is a student-friendly introduction to quantitative research methods and basic statistics. It uses a detective theme throughout the text and in multimedia courseware to show how quantitative methods have been used to solve real-life problems. The book focuses on principles and techniques that are appropriate to introductory level courses in media, psychology and sociology. Examples and illustrations are drawn from historical and contemporary research in the social sciences. The multimedia courseware provides tutorial work on sampling, basic statistics, and techniques for seeking information from databases and other sources. The statistics modules can be used as either part of a detective games or directly in teaching and learning. Brief video lessons in SPSS, using real datasets, are also a feature of the CD-ROM.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
Contents
......Page 6
Tables
......Page 10
Figures
......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Permissions......Page 15
1 Order at All Points......Page 16
2 Starting the Inquiry......Page 25
3 Defining the Inquiry......Page 48
4 Methods of Inquiry......Page 79
5 'DATA! DATA! DATA!'......Page 124
6 Finding Answers from the Inquiry......Page 162
7 Summarizing and Presenting Results......Page 244
Appendix I......Page 252
Appendix II......Page 254
Appendix III......Page 261
Index......Page 264

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