Doing Quantitative Research in Education with IBM SPSS Statistics

Daniel Muijs is Dean of the Faculty of Education and Society at Academica University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam, and visiting professor at the University of Southampton. He has worked in education departments at a range of UK universities, as well as at Ofsted, the English inspectorate of schools and social care. He is an experienced quantitative researcher and has taught quantitative methods to students from undergraduate to PhD levels.

• Chapter 1. Introduction to quantitative researchChapter 2. Experimental and quasi-experimental researchChapter 3. Designing non-experimental studiesChapter 4. Validity, reliability and generalisabilityChapter 5. Introduction to IBM SPSS Statistics and the data setChapter 6. Univariate statisticsChapter 7. Bivariate analysis: comparing two groupsChapter 8. Bivariate analysis: looking at the relationship between two variablesChapter 9. Multivariate analysis: using regression models to look at the relationship between several predictors and one dependent variableChapter 10. Using analysis of variance to compare more than two groupsChapter 11. Developing scales and measures: item and factor analysisChapter 12. One step beyond: introduction to multilevel modelling and structural

This is a wonderfully written book that makes quantitative research appear manageable for many who struggle with it.