Know Your Variables Contributor(s): MacInnes, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1526458845 ISBN-13: 9781526458841 Publisher: Sage Ltd OUR PRICE: $12.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Social Science | Methodology - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General |
Dewey: 001.42 |
LCCN: 2018958984 |
Series: Little Quick Fix |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.9" W x 6.9" (0.30 lbs) 128 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Little Quick Fix on how to Identify Your Variables unlocks the gate to simple data analysis for any stats course. Packed with lively examples it shows students what variables are and why looking for relationships between them is so interesting and so powerful. Little Quick Fix titles provide quick but authoritative answers to the problems, hurdles, and assessment points students face in the research course, project proposal or design--whatever their methods learning is.
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Contributor Bio(s): MacInnes, John: - John MacInnes is a professor of sociology at the University of Edinburgh. He has been advisor to the Economic and Social Research Council and British Academy on quantitative skills training and helped establish the Nuffield Q-Step programme. He is currently the vice president (professional affairs) of the Royal Statistical Society, a chartered statistician, and fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He is a member of the UK Data Skills Task Force and the advisory board for Maths in Education and Industry. He has published articles and monographs on social demography, including population ageing, the sociology of identity and industrial sociology, as well as methods texts and articles about maths and statistics pedagogy. |