Tuesday 24 January 2012

Quantitative Data Analysis: a topic agenda

Based on Bryman and Bell (2011), I provide the following agenda for examining the topic of Quantitative Data Analysis:

  1. Variable types
    • Interval
    • Ratio
    • Dichotomous
  2. Univariate analysis
    • Frequency tables
    • Charts, e.g. bar charts
    • Measures of central tendency and dispersion
  3. Bivariate analysis
    • Correlation and dependence
    • Causality
    • Contingency tables
    • Spurious relationships and intervening variables
    • The chi-square test
  4. Conducting quantitative data analysis - a checklist (re: pg. 356 of Bryman and Bell (2011).)

An article on illustration of the techniques (statistics): on homelessness

Reference
Bryman, A. and Bell, E. (2011) "Chapter 14: Quantitative data analysis", Business Research Methods, Oxford University Press

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