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245 1 0 _aAnalysing quantitative data :
_bvariable-based and case-based approaches to non-experimental datasets
_cRaymond Kent
008 160127n 000 0 eng d
260 _aLos Angeles :
_bSAGE,
_cc2015.
100 _aKent, Raymond
300 _axxii, 349 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
020 _a9781446273401
520 _aIn covering both traditional and newer approaches, and presenting them alongside each other, and by consistently referring to two data sets throughout, this book provides students with a brand-new way of understanding methods and a tool with which they can think about their own research.
505 0 _aPart 1: Quantitative data: structure, preparation and analysis approaches Chapter 1: Data structure Chapter 2: Data preparation Chapter 3: Approaches to data analysis Part 2: Variable-based analyses Chapter 4: Univariate analysis Chapter 5: Bivariate analysis Chapter 6: Multivariate analysis Part 3: Case-based analyses Chapter 7: Set-theoretic methods and configurational data analysis Chapter 8: Cluster and discriminant analysis Part 4: Comparing and communicating results Chapter 9: Comparing and mixing methods Chapter 10: Evaluating hypotheses, explaining and communicating results
650 7 _aQualitative research
_xMethodology
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650 7 _aSocial sciences
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_xMethodology
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