Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods: An Investigative ApproachSAGE, 2001 M06 4 - 257 pages Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods is a student-friendly introduction to quantitative research methods and basic statistics. It uses a detective theme throughout the text and in multimedia courseware to show how quantitative methods have been used to solve real-life problems. The book focuses on principles and techniques that are appropriate to introductory level courses in media, psychology and sociology. Examples and illustrations are drawn from historical and contemporary research in the social sciences. The multimedia courseware provides tutorial work on sampling, basic statistics, and techniques for seeking information from databases and other sources. The statistics modules can be used as either part of a detective games or directly in teaching and learning. Brief video lessons in SPSS, using real datasets, are also a feature of the CD-ROM. |
Contents
But what happened then? | 10 |
1 Impact of television on Western Samoan evening activities | 20 |
2 Time and research design | 26 |
Review Exercises | 30 |
Then how do you know? | 33 |
1 From construct to operational definition | 54 |
It is a capital mistake to theorize before | 64 |
1 Effectiveness of Program A and B for men with initially | 74 |
1 Example of backtoback plot | 113 |
4 The anatomy of a table | 120 |
106 | 128 |
Describing Variability | 135 |
1 Hypothetical data | 149 |
3 Data with outliers | 156 |
4 Distribution of votes by section | 172 |
Quite so | 229 |