Questioning the Politics of Numbers - How to Read and Critique Research (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2011
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Karin Wilkins
Dimensions:	207 x 143 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-974739-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Data analysis Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General
LSN:	0-19-974739-3
Barcode:	9780199747399

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