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Teaching quantitative methods : getting the basics right
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A clear, innovative text from world experts, this book clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities. It is a p...
A clear, innovative text from world experts, this book clearly lays out the problems, strategies and resources associated with the teaching of quantitative methods in modern universities. It is a pragmatic approach which will be of interest to any academic teaching 'numbers' to their students.
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- Creator
- [edited by] Geoff Payne and Malcolm Williams
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2011
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xii, 187 p.) : ill
- ISBNs
- 1446209814, 1848600003, 1848600011, 128385905X, 9781848600010, 1446268381, 9781446209813, 9781283859059, 9781446268384, 9781848600003
- OCLC
- ocn707945357, ocn764572211, on1062341666, ocn820630263
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- COVER; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; 1 The 'Crisis of Number': Informed Citizens, Competent Social Scientists; 2 Mapping the Academic Landscape of Quantitative Methods; 3 Best Practices in Quantitative Methods Teaching: Comparing Social Science Curricula Across Countries; 4 The Place of Quantification in the Professional Training of Sociologists: Some Career Reflections; 5 Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Teaching in Quantitative Methods
- 6 How to Teach the Reluctant and Terrified to Love Statistics: The Importance of Context in Teaching Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences; 7 Improving the Teaching of Quantitative Methods to Undergraduate Social Scientists: Understanding and Overcoming the Barriers; 8 Increasing Secondary Analysis in Undergraduate Dissertations: A Pilot Project; 9 Mathematics for Economics: Enhancing Teaching and Learning; 10 Jorum: A National Service for Learning and Teaching; 11 The Problem, Strategies and Resources in Teaching Quantitative Methods: The Way Forward; Index