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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817148903321

Autore

Gorard Stephen

Titolo

Using everyday numbers effectively in research / / Stephen Gorard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

1-283-20257-3

9786613202574

1-4411-0880-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

Continuum research methods series

Real world research series

Classificazione

70.03

Disciplina

001

Soggetti

Research - Methodology

Research - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of figures; List of tables; 1 Introducing Everyday Numbers; 2 Judgement with Everyday Numbers; 3 Defending the Use of Everyday Numbers; References

Sommario/riassunto

Can you add up the number of students in your classroom? Can you tell which of two test scores is the larger? Can you programme a video or DVD recording using a 24-hour clock? If so, then this book will show you how everyday numbers like these can also be used to make your research more powerful, and enable you to spot the abuses of number that are as common in research as they are in everyday life. This book illustrates how numbers can be used routinely and successfully for research purposes - without you ever having to consider confidence intervals, probability densities, Gaussian distributi