TY  - BOOK
AU  - Payne,Geoff
AU  - Williams,Malcolm
TI  - Teaching quantitative methods: getting the basics right 
SN  - 9781848600003
U1  - 300.721 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Los Angeles, Calif.
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; The 'Crisis of number'; informed citizens, competent social scientists; Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams --; Mapping the academic landscape of quantitative methods; Geoff Payne --; Best practices in quantitative methods teaching; comparing social science curricula across countries; Jonathan Parker --; The place of quantification in the professional training of sociologists; some career reflections; Martin Bulmer --; Challenges and opportunities for developing teaching in quantitative methods; Malcolm Williams and Carole Sutton --; How to teach the reluctant and terrified to love statistics; the importance of context in teaching quantitative methods in the social sciences; Katharine Adeney and Sean Carey --; Improving he teaching of quantitative methods to undergraduate social scientists; understanding and overcoming the barriers; Jane Falkingham and Teresa McGowan --; Increasing secondary analysis in undergraduate dissertations; a pilot project; Jo Wathan, Mark Brown and Lee Williamson --; Mathematics for economics; enhancing teaching and learning; Rebecca Taylor and Angela Scott --; Jorum; a national service for learning and teaching; Jackie Carter --; The problem, strategies and resources in teaching quantitative methods; the way forward; Matthew David; cse
ER  -