LibGuides: Research Methods & Design: Quantitative Research Methods

Reference Databases

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window A reference database useful for accessing scholarly definitions, background and contextual information. Links you to various reference materials and includes a mind map feature that provides a visual of concepts related to your term. Subjects covered include art, biography, business, economics, education, history, literature, music, psychology, religion, and science and technology.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window Proquest’s multi-disciplinary e-book collection. Download or read books online, as well as highlight and take notes in text. Browse by subject option.
- This link opens in a new window
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window Reference book database. Use to locate reference e-books like encyclopedias and handbooks that provide contextual or explanatory material. Filter by source type, discipline, and search for keywords within texts.
- This link opens in a new window
SAGE Navigator This link opens in a new window Social sciences literature review tool. Pulls content from SAGE Knowledge, focusing on major works. Navigator also offers an interactive chronology tool that enables researchers to visualize the growth of the research literature over time. Filter by source type, discipline, and search for keywords within texts.
- This link opens in a new window
SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window Books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos on research methods and design. Use to learn more about qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. Includes tools to help guide a research project. Filter by source type, discipline, and search for keywords within texts.

Selected Videos

Learn how to locate videos in the Library. See the FAQ: Where can I locate videos in the Library?

Quantitative Research: Methods in the Social Sciences
The key concepts and methods of quantitative research are introduced in this video.
Doing and Teaching Quantitative Criminological Research
Dr. Martyn Chamberlain discusses quantitative criminological research and his approach to teaching these methods.
Studying Quantitative Methods
Professor Luke Sloan describes the benefits of learning and using quantitative methodology in academic research.

Selected Background Information

Learn how to find background information in the Library. See the FAQ: How can I find general information about a topic?

Analyzing Quantitative Data: An Introduction for Social Researchers by Debra Wetcher-Hendricks
ISBN: 9781118626009
Publication Date: 2014
A user-friendly, hands-on guide to recognizing and conducting proper research techniques in data collection
Best Practices in Quantitative Methods by Jason W. Osborne
ISBN: 9781412940658
Publication Date: 2007
The volume provides readers with the most effective, evidence-based ways to use and analyze quantitative methods and quantitative data across the social and behavioral sciences and education.
Handbook of Quantitative Methods for Educational Research by Timothy Teo (Editor)
ISBN: 9789462094048
Publication Date: 2014
This handbook serves to act as a reference for educational researchers and practitioners who desire to acquire knowledge and skills in quantitative methods for data analysis or to obtain deeper insights from published works.
SAGE Secondary Data Analysis by John Goodwin (Editor)
ISBN: 9781446246900
Publication Date: 2012
Highlighting both the theory and practice of secondary analysis and the use of secondary sources, this collection considers the nature of secondary analysis as a research tool.
The Tao of Statistics by Dana K. Keller
ISBN: 9781412913140
Publication Date: 2005
Unlike other introductions to statistics, this text explains what statistics mean and how they are used, rather than how to calculate them.

Research Methods & Design

Reference Databases

Selected Videos

Selected Background Information

Was this resource helpful?