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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... suicide were intensely personal . What more personal , and individual , an act could there be ? Suicide appeared to be an intensely ... Suicide FIGURE 6.12 Durkheim's theoretical hypothesis on suicide 219 FINDING ANSWERS FROM THE INQUIRY.
An Investigative Approach Mark Balnaves, Peter Caputi. Collective tendencies Suicide FIGURE 6.12 Durkheim's theoretical hypothesis on suicide TABLE 6.18 Suicides in different countries per million persons of each confession ( adapted ...
... suicide and both make up the collective tendency . Durkheim labelled the different types of suicide according to the degree and overlap of integration or regulation . An unmar- ried person who committed suicide might be labelled an ...
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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