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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... tion coefficient is not a resistant statistic . Consider the hypothetical data for two variables X and Y collected from seven people , shown in Table 6.3 . If we consider the data for the first six people we find that the correlation ...
... tion from stress scores is given by the regression equation , y = 3 + 0.7x . We interpret the slope of the line 0.7 to mean that there is a caffeine consump- tion increase by 0.7 of a cup for every unit increase in the stress score ...
... tion , induction , abduction – have their counterpart in social science and in statistics . But detectives like Sherlock Holmes sometimes mistake their guesses for deductions . Holmes ' meta - bets ' he constructs scenarios about real ...
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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