Best Practices in Quantitative Methods

• Other Authors: Osborne, Jason W. (Editor)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE Publication 2008
• Subjects: Social sciences > Methodology > Mathematical models; Social sciences > Research > Methodology
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• Physical Description: xii, 596 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781412940658; 1412940656

The contributors to Best Practices in Quantitative Methods envision quantitative methods in the 21st century, identify the best practices, and, where possible, demonstrate the superiority of their recommendations empirically. Editor Jason W. Osborne designed this book with the goal of providing readers with the most effective, evidence-based, modern quantitative methods and quantitative data analysis across the social and behavioral sciences. The text is divided into five main sections covering select best practices in Measurement, Research Design, Basics of Data Analysis, Quantitative Methods, and Advanced Quantitative Methods. Each chapter contains a current and expansive review of the literature, a case for best practices in terms of method, outcomes, inferences, etc., and broad-ranging examples along with any empirical evidence to show why certain techniques are better.