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Know Your Variables
Contributor(s): MacInnes, John (Editor)
ISBN: 1526458845     ISBN-13: 9781526458841
Publisher: Sage Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $12.35  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2019
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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
 
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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.
  • Lively, ultra-modern design; full-color, each page a tailored design.
  • An hour′s read/easy to dip in and out of; clear navigation enables the reader to find what they need--quick.
  • Direct written style gets to the point with clear language. Nothing needs to be read twice. No fluff.
  • Learning is reinforced through a 2-minute overview summary; 3-second summaries with super-quick Q&A
  • DIY tasks create a work plan to accomplish a task, do a self-check quiz, solve a problem, get students to what they need to show their supervisor.
  • Checkpoints in each section make sure students are nailing it as they go and support self-directed learning.
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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.