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Workbook - Quantitative research
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Educational objectives
After completing this chapter, you will:
1. have an understanding of the nature, types and purpose of tables and graphs as employed in quantitative research;
2. have gained clear knowledge of the measures of central tendency, dispersion, correlations and significance;
3. be in a position to choose the right tests as required by the nature of the variables in question;
4. have gained the skills required to compute correlations and interpret the results of such computations using computers;
5. have acquired a critical understanding of the limitations of these tests and their place in social research.
