Quantitative methods in social science / Stephen Gorard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorard, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Statistical methods.

Physical Description:

xv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, [2003]

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.

Contents:

1. Introduction: the role of numbers in research 1

2. Finding secondary data: the 'idle' researcher 13

3. Simple analysis?: index wars and other battles 29

4. Sampling: the basis of all research 56

5. Surveying the field: questionnaire design 90

6. Simple non-parametric statistics: minding your table manners 121

7. Research claims: modelling the social world 146

8. Experimental approaches: a return to the gold standard? 161

9. Elementary parametric tests: what do they signify? 182

10. Progress via regression: introducing correlations 202

11. Combining approaches: a 'compleat' researcher 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826465870

0826465862

OCLC:

52622115