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Teaching quantitative methods [[electronic resource] ] : getting the basics right / / [edited by] Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams



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Autore: Payne Geoff Visualizza persona
Titolo: Teaching quantitative methods [[electronic resource] ] : getting the basics right / / [edited by] Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams Visualizza cluster
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->  
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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