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Author_Karin Wilkins
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Product details
- ISBN 9780199747399
- Weight: 177g
- Dimensions: 137 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jan 2011
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Questioning Numbers: How to Read and Critique Research is a critical companion for students in research methods courses in any of the social sciences. This book helps teach students how to read and critique research that employs numbers in the course of empirical argument. Author Karin Gwinn Wilkins provides a list of guidelines for reading research and also presents a critical approach to judging and using numbers in navigating and changing social worlds.
Illuminating the agendas and politics that can inform how research is conducted and interpreted, this text shows readers how to read and critique research contexts, research design, sampling strategies, definitions, research implementation, data analysis, and interpretation. It also provides strong pedagogical support, including key terms, review exercises, and end-of-chapter reflection questions.
A flexible supplement to more comprehensive research texts, Questioning Numbers helps students to become more critical consumers and producers of quantitative research across the social sciences.
Karin Gwinn Wilkins is a Professor in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin.
