Making Sense of Statistical Methods in Social Research - Couverture souple

Yang, Keming

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847872875 ISBN 13 : 9781847872876

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This is a critical introduction to the use of statistical methods in social research. It aims to improve students' statistical literacy, with the ultimate goal of turning them into competent researchers. It includes discussion of the conceptual foundation of statistical methods. The logic of each statistical method or procedure is explained, and statistical techniques and procedures are presented as a way of illuminating the underlying logic behind the symbols.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Keming Yang is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Durham in the UK. He was born and grew up in the city of Tianjin, People’s Republic of China. He studied sociology at Nankai University and worked there for three years before going to study for a PhD at Columbia University in the US. His first job after receiving the PhD was at National University of Singapore. He then took a position at University of Reading in the UK and moved to the current position at Durham. His first research area is the political and economic sociology of entrepreneurship in China, in which he published two books, Entrepreneurship in China and Capitalists in Communist China, and some articles. Since working at University of Durham, he has been working on the issue of loneliness from a sociological perspective. He is the author of Loneliness: A Social Problem and many articles on this topic. He also has research interest in research methods in the social sciences, and he is the author of Making Sense of Statistics in Social Research and the editor of Categorical Data Analysis.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This book discusses the conceptual foundation of statistical methods and specifies what questions they can, or cannot, answer when we study social phenomena. It also helps students understand the logic of statistical methods and the appropriate ways of using them.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847872875
• ISBN 13: 9781847872876
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 198
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible