Quantitative Methodology

General texts * means mentioned in FRM list

A good general text on research methods is:

*• Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K (2007). Research Methods in Education (6thEdition). London: Routledge.

 

Good introductory texts for those with limited experience with quantitative data or with SPSS are:

*• Connolly, P. (2007). Quantitative data analysis in education: A critical introduction using SPSS. London: Routledge.

• Huizingh, E. (2007). Applied statistics with SPSS. London: Sage publications.

*• Muijs, D. (2004). Doing Quantitative Research in Education with SPSS. London: Sage publications.

 

There are several other texts that reinforce the core content of the module by providing coverage of particular quantitative analyses and examples using SPSS. The single best reference is by Andy Field (2005), but all the texts below have something to offer.

• Argyrous, G. (2005). Statistics for research: with a guide to SPSS (Second Edition). London: Sage publications.

• Brace, N., Kemp, R., & Snelgar, R. (2003). SPSS for psychologists : a guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows (versions 9, 10 and 11). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Field, A. (2005). Discovering Statistics using SPSS (Second Edition). London: Sage publications.

• Kinnear, P. & Gray, C. (2006). SPSS 14 Made Simple. Psychology Press.

• Mitler, R., Acton, C., Fullerton, D., & Maltby, J. (2002). SPSS for social scientists. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

• Pallant, J. (2007). SPSS survival manual: a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS for Windows (Third Edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press.