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Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right /

A clear, innovative text from world experts, this book clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities. It is a pragmatic approach which will be of interest to any academic teaching 'numbers' to their stude...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Payne, Geoff, 1944-, Williams, Malcolm, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011.
Colección:Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The 'Crisis of number' : informed citizens, competent social scientists / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams
  • Mapping the academic landscape of quantitative methods / Geoff Payne
  • Best practices in quantitative methods teaching : comparing social science curricula across countries / Jonathan Parker
  • The place of quantification in the professional training of sociologists : some career reflections / Martin Bulmer
  • Challenges and opportunities for developing teaching in quantitative methods / Malcolm Williams and Carole Sutton
  • How to teach the reluctant and terrified to love statistics : the importance of context in teaching quantitative methods in the social sciences / Katharine Adeney and Sean Carey
  • Improving he teaching of quantitative methods to undergraduate social scientists : understanding and overcoming the barriers / Jane Falkingham and Teresa McGowan
  • Increasing secondary analysis in undergraduate dissertations : a pilot project / Jo Wathan, Mark Brown and Lee Williamson
  • Mathematics for economics : enhancing teaching and learning / Rebecca Taylor and Angela Scott
  • Jorum : a national service for learning and teaching / Jackie Carter
  • The problem, strategies and resources in teaching quantitative methods : the way forward / Matthew David.