Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right /
Payne, Geoff, 1944-
Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams. - Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2011. - xii, 187p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 'Crisis of number' : informed citizens, competent social scientists / Mapping the academic landscape of quantitative methods / Best practices in quantitative methods teaching : comparing social science curricula across countries / The place of quantification in the professional training of sociologists : some career reflections / Challenges and opportunities for developing teaching in quantitative methods / How to teach the reluctant and terrified to love statistics : the importance of context in teaching quantitative methods in the social sciences / Improving he teaching of quantitative methods to undergraduate social scientists : understanding and overcoming the barriers / Increasing secondary analysis in undergraduate dissertations : a pilot project / Mathematics for economics : enhancing teaching and learning / Jorum : a national service for learning and teaching / The problem, strategies and resources in teaching quantitative methods : the way forward / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams -- Geoff Payne -- Jonathan Parker -- Martin Bulmer -- Malcolm Williams and Carole Sutton -- Katharine Adeney and Sean Carey -- Jane Falkingham and Teresa McGowan -- Jo Wathan, Mark Brown and Lee Williamson -- Rebecca Taylor and Angela Scott -- Jackie Carter -- Matthew David. Introduction :
9781848600003 1848600003 9781848600010 (pbk.) 1848600011 (pbk.)
Social sciences--Statistical methods--Study and teaching.
Statistics--Study and teaching.
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
300.721
Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams. - Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2011. - xii, 187p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 'Crisis of number' : informed citizens, competent social scientists / Mapping the academic landscape of quantitative methods / Best practices in quantitative methods teaching : comparing social science curricula across countries / The place of quantification in the professional training of sociologists : some career reflections / Challenges and opportunities for developing teaching in quantitative methods / How to teach the reluctant and terrified to love statistics : the importance of context in teaching quantitative methods in the social sciences / Improving he teaching of quantitative methods to undergraduate social scientists : understanding and overcoming the barriers / Increasing secondary analysis in undergraduate dissertations : a pilot project / Mathematics for economics : enhancing teaching and learning / Jorum : a national service for learning and teaching / The problem, strategies and resources in teaching quantitative methods : the way forward / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams -- Geoff Payne -- Jonathan Parker -- Martin Bulmer -- Malcolm Williams and Carole Sutton -- Katharine Adeney and Sean Carey -- Jane Falkingham and Teresa McGowan -- Jo Wathan, Mark Brown and Lee Williamson -- Rebecca Taylor and Angela Scott -- Jackie Carter -- Matthew David. Introduction :
9781848600003 1848600003 9781848600010 (pbk.) 1848600011 (pbk.)
Social sciences--Statistical methods--Study and teaching.
Statistics--Study and teaching.
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
300.721