Descriptive statistics are essential to making complex analyses useful.

Murphy, Kevin (2022) Descriptive statistics are essential to making complex analyses useful. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (25 Apr 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In response to the ever-growing volume of data, quantitative social research has become increasingly dependent on complex inferential methods. In this post, Kevin R. Murphy argues that whilst these methods can provide insights, they should not detract from the significance of the comparatively simple descriptive statistics often found in table 1, which play an important role in communicating the significance of the research to policymakers and other research users.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2022 14:18
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:34
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116776

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