Interpreting Quantitative Data
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Overview
How do quantitative methods help us to acquire knowledge of the real world? What are the 'do's' and 'don'ts' of effective quantitative research?
This refreshing and accessible book provides students with a novel and useful resource for doing quantitative research. It offers students a guide on how to: interpret the complex reality of the social world; achieve effective measurement; understand the use of official statistics; use social surveys; understand probability and quantitative reasoning; interpret measurements; apply linear modelling; understand simulation and neural nets; and integrate quantitative and qualitative modelling in the research process.
Jargon-free and written with the needs of students in mind, the book will be required reading for students interested in using quantitative research methods.
Synopsis
How do quantitative methods help us to acquire knowledge of the real world? What are the 'do's' and 'don'ts' of effective quantitative research?
This refreshing and accessible book provides students with a novel and useful resource for doing quantitative research. It offers students a guide on how to: interpret the complex reality of the social world; achieve effective measurement; understand the use of official statistics; use social surveys; understand probability and quantitative reasoning; interpret measurements; apply linear modelling; understand simulation and neural nets; and integrate quantitative and qualitative modelling in the research process.
Jargon-free and written with the needs of students in mind, the book will be required reading for students interested in using quantitative research methods.
Booknews
If Byrne did not believe that quantitative research in the social sciences were both valid and necessary, he would write a scathing critique of the whole business. But he does so believe, and therefore confines himself to suggesting how to do it better<-- >how social scientists, as cyborgs linked to data managing and processing computers, can combine quantitative and qualitative modes of investigation as the basis for social action. He teaches graduate courses in the philosophy and methods of research, so his treatment is more conceptual than practical. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)