1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962947303321

Autore

Payne Geoff

Titolo

Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right / / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, 2011

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage Publications, , 2011

ISBN

9781446268384

1446268381

9781283859059

128385905X

9781446209813

1446209814

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 187 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsMalcolm <1953->

Disciplina

300.721

Soggetti

Social sciences - Statistical methods - Study and teaching

Statistics - Study and teaching

Social sciences - Research - Methodology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; 1 The 'Crisis of Number': Informed Citizens, Competent Social Scientists; 2 Mapping the Academic Landscape of Quantitative Methods; 3 Best Practices in Quantitative Methods Teaching: Comparing Social Science Curricula Across Countries; 4 The Place of Quantification in the Professional Training of Sociologists: Some Career Reflections; 5 Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Teaching in Quantitative Methods

6 How to Teach the Reluctant and Terrified to Love Statistics: The Importance of Context in Teaching Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences; 7 Improving the Teaching of Quantitative Methods to Undergraduate Social Scientists: Understanding and Overcoming the Barriers; 8 Increasing Secondary Analysis in Undergraduate Dissertations: A Pilot Project; 9 Mathematics for Economics: Enhancing Teaching and Learning; 10 Jorum: A National Service for Learning and Teaching; 11 The Problem, Strategies and Resources in Teaching



Quantitative Methods: The Way Forward; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A clear, innovative text from world experts, this book clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities. It is a pragmatic approach which will be of interest to any academic teaching 'numbers' to their students.