文档介绍：DANIEL MUIJS
DOING
quantitative
research
IN EDUCATION
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Doing Quantitative Research in
Education with SPSS
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Doing Quantitative
Research in Education
with SPSS
Daniel Muijs
Sage Publications
London • Thousand Oaks • New Delhi
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© Daniel Muijs 2004
First published 2004
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Contents
List of figures viii
List of tables x
Preface xi
1 Introduction to quantitative research 1
What is quantitative research? 1
Foundations of quantitative research methods 3
When do we use quantitative methods? 7
Summary 11
Exercises 11
Further reading 12
2 Experimental and quasi-experimental research 13
Types of quantitative resea