Questioning Numbers - How to Read and Critique Research

Informationen zum Autor Karin Gwinn Wilkins is a Professor in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. Klappentext The purpose of Questioning the Politics of Numbers is to offer a primer on how to read and critique research that uses numbers in the course of empirical argument. As a supplement to more comprehensive research texts! this book should contribute toward a more critical education of students and scholars interested in the politics of research. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Karin Wilkins, Karin (The University of Texas at Austin) Wilkins, Karin Gwinn Wilkins
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2010
• EAN: 9780199747399
• ISBN: 978-0-19-974739-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, EDUCATION / Research, REFERENCE / Research, United States of America, USA, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Data analysis: general, Data science and analysis: general