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Author Gorard, Stephen.

Title Using everyday numbers effectively in research / Stephen Gorard.

Publication Info. London : Continuum, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 94 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Research methods series
Research methods series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introducing everyday numbers -- Judgement with everyday numbers -- Defending the use of everyday numbers.
Summary Can you add up the number of students in your classroom? Can you tell which of two test scores is the larger? Can you programme a video or DVD recording using a 24-hour clock? If so, then this book will show you how everyday numbers like these can also be used to make your research more powerful, and enable you to spot the abuses of number that are as common in research as they are in everyday life. This book illustrates how numbers can be used routinely and successfully for research purposes - without you ever having to consider confidence intervals, probability densities, Gaussian distributi.
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Subject Research -- Statistical methods.
Research -- Statistical methods.
Research -- Methodology.
Research -- Methodology.
Araştırma -- İstatistiksel metotlar.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Araştırma -- Metodoloji.
Other Form: Print version: Gorard, Stephen. Using everyday numbers effectively in research. London : Continuum, 2006 9780826488305 (DLC) 2006281556 (OCoLC)62714694
ISBN 9781441108807 (electronic book)
1441108807 (electronic book)
1283202573
9781283202572
9780826488305
0826488307