03439nam 2200673 a 450 991046296340332120200520144314.01-4462-6838-11-283-85905-X1-4462-0981-4(CKB)2670000000308817(EBL)689506(OCoLC)764572211(SSID)ssj0000784390(PQKBManifestationID)12336366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784390(PQKBWorkID)10763913(PQKB)10960458(MiAaPQ)EBC689506(OCoLC)820630263(StDuBDS)EDZ0000104793(PPN)227920430(Au-PeEL)EBL689506(CaPaEBR)ebr10631916(CaONFJC)MIL417155(EXLCZ)99267000000030881720121017d2011 fy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTeaching quantitative methods[electronic resource] getting the basics right /[edited by] Geoff Payne and Malcolm WilliamsLos Angeles, [Calif.] ;London SAGE20111 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84860-000-3 1-84860-001-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Methods6 How to Teach the Reluctant and Terrified to Love Statistics:The Importance of Context in Teaching Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences7 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; IndexA 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.Social sciencesStatistical methodsStudy and teachingStatisticsStudy and teachingSocial sciencesResearchMethodologyElectronic books.Social sciencesStatistical methodsStudy and teaching.StatisticsStudy and teaching.Social sciencesResearchMethodology.300.721Payne Geoff32628Payne Geoff1944-32628Williams Malcolm1953-867866StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910462963403321Teaching quantitative methods2448972UNINA