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UNINA9910962947303321 |
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Autore |
Payne Geoff |
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Titolo |
Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right / / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, 2011 |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage Publications, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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9781446268384 |
1446268381 |
9781283859059 |
128385905X |
9781446209813 |
1446209814 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 187 p.) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social sciences - Statistical methods - Study and teaching |
Statistics - Study and teaching |
Social sciences - Research - Methodology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Quantitative Methods: The Way Forward; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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