Using secondary data in educational and social research [[electronic resource] /] / Emma Smith

• Autore: Smith Emma
• 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
• 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.: 9910782455103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Conducting educational research.