This sessions is to introduce analytical approaches to explore quantitative data. It will discuss the ways of displaying, summarizing and manipulating data. Particular attention will be given to the analysis of experimental study and the analysis of questionnaire survey.

Key Questions:

• What do the numbers tell us ?How to interpret them?

Session 10 Quantitative Analysis.pptx

Readings:

Bryman, A (2008), Social Research Methods, Oxford University Press, Third Edition. Chapter14 (Quantitative Data Analysis)

Robson, C (2011). Real World Research. Wiley-Blackwell, Third Edition. Chapter 13 (The Analysis of Quantitative Data)

Johnson, B & Larry Christensen, L.B. (2010), Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches. Sage Publications, Fourth Edition. Chapter 16 (Inferential Statistics)

Gorard, S. (2003) Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences: the role of numbers made easy. London: Continuum

Field, A. (2000)  Discovering Statistics:  Using SPSS for Windows.  (Chapters 3 and 4).  London:  Sage.