Common Problems/Proper Solutions: Avoiding Error in Quantitative Research (SAGE Focus Editions)

Long, John Scott

ISBN 10: 0803928076 / ISBN 13: 9780803928077

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc, 1988

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• Title: Common Problems/Proper Solutions: Avoiding Error in Quantitative Research (SAGE Focus Editions)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803928076
• ISBN 13: 9780803928077
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Statistical and methodological errors are fairly universal in all the social sciences. This unique volume investigates the following questions: what are the most common errors, and how can they be avoided? Common Problems/Proper Solutions identifies and corrects these errors and provides clear statements concerning methodological issues. Long groups the problems into two broad types: omission where researchers fail to apply methods ideal to a topic; and commission where a technique is inappropriately applied. Each article addresses a specific aspect of these problems. This volume encourages further communication between methodological specialists and quantitative researchers, and highlights the important relationship between substantive research and statistical methods.

About the Author

Scott Long is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor′s Professor of Sociology and Statistics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He teaches quantitative methods both at Indiana University and at the ICSPR Summer Program. His earlier research examined gender differences in the scientific career. In recent years, he has collaborated with Eliza Pavalko, Bernice Pescsolido, John Bancroft, Julia Heiman and others in studies of health and aging, stigma and mental health, and human sexuality.