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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... Social science research , similarly , is public . It is required to demon- strate its findings and to make itself open to critique and review . There is the possibility of error in social science research . These errors can be errors of ...
... Social scientists are detectives . They collect empirical evidence from the social world around them and make decisions about that evidence . ' Empirical research ' in this case simply means research ... science are about logical inquiry .
... science to social science ? Logic might underpin both science and social science , but it is not clear that the phenomena of social science involve a simple correspondence between the measure and the phenomenon . Causality We do not ...
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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