Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right /
By: Payne, Geoff
Title By: Williams, Malcolm
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BookPublisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2011.Description: xii, 187p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781848600003; 1848600003; 9781848600010 (pbk.); 1848600011 (pbk.)Subject(s): Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Study and teaching | Statistics -- Study and teaching | Social sciences -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.721 Online resources: Location Map
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| 300.721 FL IN An introduction to qualitative research | 300.721 IG TE Text mining : | 300.721 PA DI Digital tools for qualitative research / | 300.721 PA TE Teaching quantitative methods : | 300.721 SA GE The SAGE handbook of innovation in social research methods / | 300.721 SC SA The SAGE dictionary of qualitative inquiry / | 300.722 DE SI Design thinking research : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction :. The 'Crisis of number' : -- informed citizens, competent social scientists / -- Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams -- Mapping the academic landscape of quantitative methods / -- Geoff Payne -- Best practices in quantitative methods teaching : -- comparing social science curricula across countries / -- Jonathan Parker -- The place of quantification in the professional training of sociologists : -- some career reflections / -- Martin Bulmer -- Challenges and opportunities for developing teaching in quantitative methods / -- Malcolm Williams and Carole Sutton -- How to teach the reluctant and terrified to love statistics : -- the importance of context in teaching quantitative methods in the social sciences / -- Katharine Adeney and Sean Carey -- Improving he teaching of quantitative methods to undergraduate social scientists : -- understanding and overcoming the barriers / -- Jane Falkingham and Teresa McGowan -- Increasing secondary analysis in undergraduate dissertations : -- a pilot project / -- Jo Wathan, Mark Brown and Lee Williamson -- Mathematics for economics : -- enhancing teaching and learning / -- Rebecca Taylor and Angela Scott -- Jorum : -- a national service for learning and teaching / -- Jackie Carter -- The problem, strategies and resources in teaching quantitative methods : -- the way forward / -- Matthew David.