The book is written in an admirably clear style and is effectively structured throughout its three parts with eight concise chapters. The book's intention - in which it largely succeeds - is to strengthen secondary data analysis as one technique in the 'methodological toolbox' available to researche
Using secondary data in educational and social research
โ Scribed by Emma Smith
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill/Open University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 260
- Series
- Conducting educational research
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
1 Secondary Data Analysis: an introduction 2 The Pitfalls of Secondary Data Analysis 3 The Promises of Secondary Data Analysis 4 Sources of Secondary Data 5 Doing Secondary Analysis 6 Sure start and leisure habits: Secondary Analysis of Aggregate data 7 Traffic jams and gap years: Secondary Analysis of Survey data 8 PISA and teacher quality: Secondary Analysis of International data
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