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245 0 2 _aA Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences
_cChristine Davies
264 2 _aMinneapolis, MN
_bOpen Textbook Library
264 1 _aCarmarthen, Wales
_bUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David
_c2021.
264 4 _c©2020.
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aOpen textbook library.
505 0 _aSection 1: What will this resource do for you? -- Section 2: Why are you thinking about numbers? A discussion of the research question and paradigms. -- Section 3: An overview of the Research Process and Research Designs -- Section 4: Quantitative Research Methods -- Section 5: the data obtained from quantitative research -- Section 6: Analysis of data -- Section 7: Discussing your Results
520 0 _aThis resource is intended as an easy-to-use guide for anyone who needs some quick and simple advice on quantitative aspects of research in social sciences, covering subjects such as education, sociology, business, nursing. If you area qualitative researcher who needs to venture into the world of numbers, or a student instructed to undertake a quantitative research project despite a hatred for maths, then this booklet should be a real help. The booklet was amended in 2022 to take into account previous review comments.
542 1 _fAttribution-NonCommercial
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource
650 0 _aSociology
_vTextbooks
650 0 _aPolitical Science
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700 1 _aDavies, Christine
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710 2 _aOpen Textbook Library
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856 4 0 _uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/822
_zAccess online version
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