Teaching quantitative methods [[electronic resource] ] : getting the basics right / / [edited by] Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams
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| Autore: |
Payne Geoff
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| Titolo: |
Teaching quantitative methods [[electronic resource] ] : getting the basics right / / [edited by] Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams
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| Pubblicazione: | Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 300.721 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social sciences - Statistical methods - Study and teaching |
| Statistics - Study and teaching | |
| Social sciences - Research - Methodology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PayneGeoff <1944->
WilliamsMalcolm <1953->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 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; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Teaching quantitative methods |
| ISBN: | 1-4462-6838-1 |
| 1-283-85905-X | |
| 1-4462-0981-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462963403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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