Sorting Data - Collection and Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Tony Coxon was an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh's School of Social and Political Studies. He was also Emeritus Professor, University of Wales, College of Cardiff. He taught MDS and advanced quantitative methods for more than 30 years and wrote numerous articles on the various techniques and models associated with MDS. Most notably, Dr. Coxon published three methodology texts: The User's Guide to Multidimensional Scaling (1982, Heineman); Key Texts in Multidimensional Scaling (1982, Heineman); and Sorting Data: Collection and Analysis (1999, Sage QASS series). He wrote 41 entries in the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Sociology , and most recently wrote the entry on multidimensional scaling for The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (2003).   Klappentext If you need hints on how to collect, describe, compare and analyze data, you will find them in this handy guide. The author addresses: specification; elaboration; sampling of the `domain' or what is to be sorted. There is also help on: setting the criterion; the pre-test; administration; and recording of results. The author gives special consideration to problems of categorization and illustrates with a real research example. Zusammenfassung How to collect! describe! compare and analyze data. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Collecting Free-Sorting Data Describing and Comparing Sortings Analyising Sorting Data

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• Autori: Coxon, A. P. M. Coxon, Anthony (Tony) P. (Peter) M. (Mac Coxon, Anthony (Tony) P. (Peter) M. (MacMillan) Coxon, Anthony P. M. Coxon, Anthony P.m. Coxon, Anthony Peter MacMillan Coxon
• Con la collaborazione di: A. P. M. Coxon (Editore)
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.1999
• EAN: 9780803972377
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7237-7
• Pagine: 104
• Serie: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences; Quantitative Applications in t; Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences; Quantitative Applications in t
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Teoria delle probabilità, stocastica, statistica matematica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics