02580cam a22004697i 4500 3193 3193 18246665 OSt 20250222155006.0 140730t20152015caua b 001 0 eng d 2014947234 GBB 508889 bnb 017019304 Uk 9781446273401 (hardcover) 1446273407 (hardcover) 9781446273418 (paperback) 1446273415 (paperback) (OCoLC)ocn898167466 BTCTA eng BTCTA rda BDX CDX UKMGB CHVBK SINTU YDXCP MUU OCLCO OCLCQ P4A INU DLC lccopycat H62 .K46 2015 H 62 .K46 2015 23 Kent, Raymond A., author. Analysing quantitative data : variable-based and case-based approaches to non-experimental datasets / Raymond Kent. Los Angeles : Sage, [2015] ©2015 xxii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index. Part I. Quantitative data : structure, preparation and analysis approaches : 1. Data structure -- 2. Data preparation -- 3. Approaches to data analysis -- part II. Variable-based analyses : 4. Univariate analysis -- 5. Bivariate analysis -- 6. Multivariate analysis -- part III. Case-based analyses : 7. Set-theoretic methods and configurational data analysis -- 8. Cluster and discriminant analysis -- part IV. Comparing and communicating results : 9. Comparing and mixing methods -- 10. Evaluating hypotheses, explaining and communicating results. "This innovative book provides a fresh take on quantitative data analysis within the social sciences. Using multidisciplinary non-experimental datasets it demonstrates that data analysis is really an active dialogue between ideas and evidence, between research objectives and data in a dataset." -- Cover. Quantitative research Methodology. Social sciences School of Business and Education Methodology. Research Methods Qualitative research. Methodologie. gnd (DE-588)4139716-2 Quantitative Methode. gnd (DE-588)4232139-6 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc LLB 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC KyUCL KyUCL GEN 2017-02-06 Purchase 4784.00 H 62 .K46 2015 KYU/2017/5401 2026-03-31 2017-02-06 LLB