Quantitative Methods in Social Science

by Gorard, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780826465863
• ISBN10: 0826465862
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441144768
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-02
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Stephen Gorard is Professor in the School of Social Sciences, University of Wales, Cardiff

Table of Contents

List of figures	vi
List of tables	vii
Preface	ix
Abbreviations	xiii
1. Introduction: the role of numbers in research	1	(12)
2. Finding secondary data: the 'idle' researcher	13	(16)
3. Simple analysis?: index wars and other battles	29	(27)
4. Sampling: the basis of all research	56	(34)
5. Surveying the field: questionnaire design	90	(31)
6. Simple non-parametric statistics: minding your table manners	121	(25)
7. Research claims: modelling the social world	146	(15)
8. Experimental approaches: a return to the gold standard?	161	(21)
9. Elementary parametric tests: what do they signify?	182	(20)
10. Progress via regression: introducing correlations	202	(25)
11. Combining approaches: a 'compleat' researcher	227	(5)
Glossary of selected terms	232	(5)
References	237	(13)
Index	250