Using secondary data in educational and social research [[electronic resource] /] / Emma Smith
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| Autore: |
Smith Emma
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| Titolo: |
Using secondary data in educational and social research [[electronic resource] /] / Emma Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | Maidenhead, England, : Open University Press |
| New York, : McGraw-Hill, c2008, 2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 300.72 |
| Soggetto topico: | Education - Research - Statistical methods |
| Social sciences - Research - Statistical methods | |
| Research - Methodology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-246) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front cover; Half Title page; Series Editor; Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I; Chapter 1: Secondary data analysis: an introduction; Chapter 2: Pitfalls of secondary data analysis; Chapter 3: Promises of secondary data analysis; Chapter 4: Doing secondary analysis; Part II; Chapter 5: Sure Start and leisure habits: secondary analysis of aggregate data; Chapter 6: Traffic jams and gap years: secondary analysis of survey data; Chapter 7: From PISA to California: secondary analysis of international data; Part III; Chapter 8: Endpiece |
| Appendix 1: Sources of secondary dataAppendix 2: Effective data husbandry: managing secondary datasets; Appendix 3: Accessing the Economic and Social Data Service; References; Index; Back cover | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Discusses about using secondary data in social and educational research. This book considers the role of secondary data analysis as a research method in contemporary social research. It introduces worked examples which show the potential for using secondary sources to answer a varied range of research questions. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Using secondary data in educational and social research |
| ISBN: | 1-281-95323-7 |
| 0-335-23693-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454160903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Conducting educational research.