Survey Methods Workbook: From Design to Analysis Contributor(s): Buckingham, Alan (Author), Saunders, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745622445 ISBN-13: 9780745622446 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $79.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: This new textbook provides a concise but comprehensive guide to quantitative research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students in all of the social sciences, as well as established researchers. Presented in an interesting and original way, it offers all you need to know about social survey methodology - from planning the research and developing the hypotheses to carrying out the fieldwork and analysing the findings. Written in a highly accessible and interactive style, the book provides the opportunity to work through each stage of a real survey, downloading materials as required from a dedicated website. This is a hands-on guide written in the belief that methods are best learned through practical experience. Readers will find: The book assumes no previous knowledge of research methods or statistics - indeed, it assumes that most users will be apprehensive about quantitative methods and possibly even number-phobic. By encouraging users to get involved, and by acknowledging the difficulties and the pitfalls that lie along the way, this book seeks to encouragein students a genuine enthusiasm for empirically based research. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Methodology |
Dewey: 300.723 |
LCCN: 2003013538 |
Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.96" W x 9.96" (1.63 lbs) 328 pages |
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Publisher Description: This new textbook provides a concise but comprehensive guide to quantitative research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students in all of the social sciences, as well as established researchers. Presented in an interesting and original way, it offers all you need to know about social survey methodology - from planning the research and developing the hypotheses to carrying out the fieldwork and analysing the findings. |