David Byrne, D. S. Byrne

Interpreting Quantitative Data

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do quantitative methods help us to acquire knowledge of the real world? What are the do's and don'ts of effective quantitative research? This refreshing and accessible textbook provides students with a novel and useful resource for doing quantitative research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9780761962625
• ISBN-10: 076196262X
• Artikelnr.: 21408397

Autorenporträt

David Byrne is Emeritus Professor of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. His work explores the consequences of the post-industrial transition and the implications of the complexity frame of reference for understanding the social world.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Interpreting the Real and Describing the Complex
Why We Have to Measure
The Nature of Measurement
What We Measure and How We Measure
The State¿s Measurement
The Construction and Use of Official Statistics
Measuring the Complex World
The Character of Social Surveys
Probability and Quantitative Reasoning
Interpreting Measurements
Exploring, Describing and Classifying
Linear Modelling
Clues as to Causes
Coping with Non-Linearity and Emergence
Simulation and Neural Nets
Qualitative Modelling
Issues of Meaning and Cause
Conclusion