Making sense of numbers : quantitative reasoning for social research /: quantitative reasoning for social research. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jane E. Miller.
• Authors: Miller, Jane E (Jane Elizabeth), 1959-
• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MAKING SENSE OF NUMBERS; CHAPTER 2: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; PART II: HOW TOPIC, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTEXT HELP MAKE SENSE OF NUMBERS; CHAPTER 3: TOPIC AND CONCEPTUALIZATION; CHAPTER 4: MEASUREMENT; CHAPTER 5: CONTEXT; PART III: EXHIBITS FOR COMMUNICATING NUMERIC INFORMATION; CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH TABLES; CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH CHARTS AND VISUALIZATIONS; PART IV: MAKING SENSE OF NUMBERS FROM MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS; CHAPTER 8: COMPARISON VALUES, CONSTRAST SIZES, AND STANDARDS; CHAPTER 9: NUMBERS, COMPARISONS, AND CALCULATIONS; CHAPTER 10: DISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; PART V: ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF NUMERIC ESTIMATES; CHAPTER 11: BIAS; CHAPTER 12: CAUSALITY; CHAPTER 13: UNCERTAINTY OF NUMERIC ESTIMATES; CHAPTER 14: COMMUNICATING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; CHAPTER 15: THE ROLE OF RESEARCH METHODS IN MAKING SENSE OF NUMBERS; PART I: INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MAKING SENSE OF NUMBERS; CHAPTER 2: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS FOR QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; PART II: HOW TOPIC, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTEXT HELP MAKE SENSE OF NUMBERS; CHAPTER 3: TOPIC AND CONCEPTUALIZATION; CHAPTER 4: MEASUREMENT; CHAPTER 5: CONTEXT; PART III: EXHIBITS FOR COMMUNICATING NUMERIC INFORMATION; CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH TABLES; CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH CHARTS AND VISUALIZATIONS; PART IV: MAKING SENSE OF NUMBERS FROM MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS; CHAPTER 8: COMPARISON VALUES, CONSTRAST SIZES, AND STANDARDS; CHAPTER 9: NUMBERS, COMPARISONS, AND CALCULATIONS; CHAPTER 10: DISTRIBUTIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; PART V: ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF NUMERIC ESTIMATES; CHAPTER 11: BIAS; CHAPTER 12: CAUSALITY; CHAPTER 13: UNCERTAINTY OF NUMERIC ESTIMATES; CHAPTER 14: COMMUNICATING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; CHAPTER 15: THE ROLE OF RESEARCH METHODS IN MAKING SENSE OF NUMBERS;
• Edition: 1st 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300.721; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Quantitative research; Reasoning
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544355603
• Related ISBNs: 9781544355627
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