Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences
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Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences by Maxim
A strong understanding and appreciation of statistics and quantitative research methods is vital to any graduate student of the social sciences. Yet the texts on these subjects that are written at a level appropriate for graduate students are few and far between. With this in mind, the author has designed a text suitable for first year graduate survey courses that reviews general statistical theory and method and explores the problems that quantitative social scientists face in conducting research. After providing an overview of the philosophical basis of neo-positivistic, quantitative social science, the book will present the concepts of theory formalization and casuality. It will then move into more specific areas, focusing extensively on issues of design and data collection. These issues will include experimental designs, mesasurement theory, classical test theory, data collection methods and measurement errors, micro simulation, sampling designs, and computer intensive techniques.
"Overall, this will be one of the finest comprehensive graduate-level texts on quantitative research methods to be published in the last couple of decades" --Kenneth Land, Duke University
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780195114652 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195114655 |
| Title | Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences |
| Author | Maxim |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1999-01-28 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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