Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods: An Investigative ApproachIntroduction 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. |
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... detectives like Father Brown and Sherlock Holmes and the nature of the continuum between qualitative and quantitative . We will give examples of famous detective stories of social science - showing how inquiries were started ...
... detective , but he took up the role of detective . Hamlet is not a scien- tist , but he took up the role of experimenter . Hamlet was told by a ghost that the king had killed his father . Hamlet wanted to investigate the claim . Hamlet ...
... detective fiction 10-16 diagram 42-4 establishing 23 , 40-1 , 59-60 , 70–1 , 103 , 161-2 hypotheses 45 necessary and sufficient conditions 40-1 causation see causality Cause of Death ( Patricia Cornwell ) 16-17 cause and effect see ...
Contents
But what happened then? | 10 |
1 Impact of television on Western Samoan evening activities | 20 |
2 Time and research design | 26 |
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