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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Los Angeles :
SAGE,
2011.
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| Series: | Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.