LEADER 03728nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910962947303321 005 20260415135301.0 010 $a9781446268384 010 $a1446268381 010 $a9781283859059 010 $a128385905X 010 $a9781446209813 010 $a1446209814 035 $a(CKB)2670000000308817 035 $a(EBL)689506 035 $a(OCoLC)764572211 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784390 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12336366 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784390 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10763913 035 $a(PQKB)10960458 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC689506 035 $a(OCoLC)820630263 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000104793 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL689506 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10631916 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL417155 035 $a(OCoLC)1062341666 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB133928 035 $a(PPN)227920430 035 $a233302 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88869716 035 $a(FRCYB88869716)88869716 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000308817 100 $a20110321d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTeaching quantitative methods $egetting the basics right /$fGeoff Payne and Malcolm Williams 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aThousand Oaks, Calif. :$cSage Publications,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 187 p.) $cill 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a9781848600003 311 0 $a1848600003 311 0 $a9781848600010 311 0 $a1848600011 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOVER; 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 327 $a6 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 330 8 $aA 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. 606 $aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods$xStudy and teaching 606 $aStatistics$xStudy and teaching 606 $aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology 615 0$aSocial sciences$xStatistical methods$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aStatistics$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology. 676 $a300.721 700 $aPayne$b Geoff$032628 701 $aWilliams$b Malcolm$f1953-$0867866 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962947303321 996 $aTeaching quantitative methods$94339164 997 $aUNINA