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Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right / Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2011.Description: xii, 187p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781848600003
  • 1848600003
  • 9781848600010 (pbk.)
  • 1848600011 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.721 22
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Available at Centre for Social Science Research 300.721 P3461t 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Not For Loan 023116
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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.

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