The SAGE Handbook of Sociology: Chapter 2 - Quantitative ResearchLaberge, Yves
data analysis techniques, such as coding. Note that many variables in social science research are qualitative, even when represented in a quantitative manner. For instance, we can create a customer satisfaction indicator with five attributes: strongly dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, neutral, somewha...
Systematic error is an error that is introduced by factors that systematically affect all observations of a construct across an entire sample in a systematic manner. In our previous example of firm performance, since the recent financial crisis impacted the performance of financial firms dispropor...
Introduction to the problem; Background and context; Theoretical/conceptual framework; Statement of the problem; Purpose of the study; Research questions; Rationale/relevance; Significance and nature of the study; Definitions of terms; Assumptions; ...
As a fundamental category of river system, comparisons in diverse regions and types with quantitative parameters on meander morphology will help to disting... B Zhang,AI Nanshan,ZW Huang,... - 《Science Bulletin》 被引量: 46发表: 2008年 加载更多研究...
Quantitative usability metrics include how quickly we complete tasks and how many errors we make in the process. But usability can also be gauged by qualitative measures, such as how much satisfaction we derive in using a tool. “Learnability” is another important measure: how quickly we learn...
The topography of a rock coming is imaged well with secondary electrons (SE) with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Energy-dispersive spectrometers (EDS) were used to obtain qualitative and semiquantitative data on sample composition.ELSEVIERDevelopments in Earth Surface Processes...
ericali R evc~lutioii. Philadelphia, 1951. Rigorous quantitative disproof of the effect of economic level on foreign policy can be found in Rudulph J. Runimel, “The Relationship Between National Attributes and Foreign Conflict Behavior” in J. David Singer, ed. Q...
A correlation coefficient is a quantitative expression of the strength of the linear relationship between two numerical variables. Its value ranges between -1 and 1 where:-1 indicates a perfect negative relationship: As one variable increases, the value of the other variable tends to go down, ...
Chapter3Quantitativeresearchdesign（量化研究设计）Section1:What?（是什么）Section2:Why?（为什么）Section3:How?（怎么做）Section1:What?（是什么）让我们先看看什么是定量？？定量研究是指确定事物某方面量的规定性的科学研究，就是将问题与现象用数量来表示进而去分析、考验、解释从而获得意义的研究方法和过程。