Analysing Quantitative Survey Data for Business and Management Students ~ Hardback ~ Jeremy F. Dawson

In Analysing Quantitative Survey Data for Business and Management Students Jeremy Dawson guides you through methodological assumptions, reliability and validity; approaches to analysis of questionnaire data; analysis techniques; examples of questionnaire data analysis; strengths and weaknesses of the techniques. The Mastering Business Research Methods series supports business and management students with their research-based dissertations by providing in-depth and practical guidance on using a chosen method of data collection or analysis. Expert authors, and series editors Bill Lee, Mark N K Saunders and Vadake K Narayanan, share their extensive experience on how to get the best from each method, through clear, understandable and applied examples. The books are written in a concise and accessible way, and contain a range of features, including checklists and a glossary, designed to support self-guided research. Ideal for Business and Management students studying for a Master's degree, each book provides all you need to know before employing a particular research method for your dissertation.Author BiographyJeremy Dawson is a Reader in Health Management at the University of Sheffield, working jointly between the Institute of Work Psychology (part of the Management School) and the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR). He is a statistician by background, and teaches a wide variety of subjects in the fields of statistics and research methods, including leading a research methods module for 350 MSc students, and teaching regular workshops on advanced statistics for academics and PhD students both in Sheffield and elsewhere. His research includes a range of topics in the areas of health services management, and research methodology. He has led several large-scale projects in the NHS, and he ran the NHS national staff survey for its first five years between 2003 and 2007. Other research interests include team and organisational climate, and work group diversity. His methodological research areas include interpretation of interaction effects, measurement of diversity, development of questionnaire scales, analysis of incomplete team data, and the effects of aggregation on relationships. He has published over 30 papers in refereed academic journals, as well as two book chapters, and is currently completing the writing of a book on using SPSS for health researchers. He is an editorial board member of five journals, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. He is a member of the International Advisory Board for the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA). Analysing Quantitative Survey Data for Business and Management Students Release Date Australia: December 10th, 2016