Basic issues in research design and analysis of quantitative data. Methodological problems in the various stages of research: definition of the research problem, formulation of hypotheses, measurement, sampling, data collection and analysis, and presentation of research findings. The logic of linking theory with data. descriptive and inferential statistics, data presentation techniques (graphs, tables, descriptive), correlation, regression models, hypothesis testing. Practical applications using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
