This concise text provides a clear and digestible introduction to completing quantitative research. Taking you step-by-step through the process of completing your quantitative research project, it offers guidance on:

· Formulating your research question

· Completing literature reviews and meta-analysis

· Formulating a research design and specifying your target population and data source

· Choosing an appropriate method and analysing your findings

Part of The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this book will give you the know-how and confidence needed to succeed on your quantitative research journey.

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Malcolm Williams is Professor and Codirector of the Cardiff Q-Step Centre for Quantitative Methods pedagogy. Until July 2014, he was the Director of the School of Social Sciences, at Cardiff, and prior to this Professor of Social Research Methodology at Plymouth University. He is the author/editor of nine books and over a hundred articles/chapters. His primary research interest has been around methodological and philosophical issues in social research, particularly objectivity, probability, causality, and representation. His most recent book Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Social Research was published by SAGE in 2017. His past empirical research has included the measurement of homeless populations (using capture-recapture) and the analysis of longitudinal census data to explore household formation/dissolution and counterurbanisation migration. In the last few years, his primary research interest has been in the pedagogy of quantitative methods.

Inhalt

A General Introduction To This Kit.
Starting With The Basics: From Research Problem To Variables
Literature Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Research Design and Research Resources
Sampling
Creating Data: An Introduction To Surveys And Questionnaires
Secondary Analysis and Data Manipulation
The Social Context Of Quantitative Research
Conclusion and Future Directions