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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... Example 5.1 : Stem and leaf display Histograms Boxplots Tables , Graphs and Figures Does a Picture Always Paint a ... Example 5.2 : Calculating the median of odd and even numbered distributions 134 Mean vs Median ( When is the evidence ...
... example , if you hear that the horse race ends with first , second and third , you have a rank but you do not know the distance between the horses . The question below is an example of ranking . Please rank the following four items ...
... Example 5.1 , we then have a new stem and leaf display that looks as follows : Stem Leaf 1 . 34 1 * 66789 220 13 You can see that we have a different - looking display . The shape of the distribution has changed . How you split the stem ...
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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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