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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... equal intervals on a scale represent equal amounts of the quantity being measured . If we are measuring income in dollars , then the difference between annual incomes of $ 45,000 and $ 50,000 is the same amount as the difference between ...
... equal to o2 / N . That is , the variance of the sampling distribution will be equal to the population variance o2 divided by N , the number of observations in each sample . 3 Irrespective of the form of the population distribution , the ...
... Equal Variances . In the next dialog box you will need to insert the cell ranges defining the data for the males and ... Equal Variances ? X OK Cancel Help t - Test : Two - Sample Assuming Unequal Variances z - Test : Two Sample for ...
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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