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Statistical methods assist significantly in the analysis of data. For many researchers, analysis of data means statistical analysis and that any analysis cannot be successful without statistical operations. This point is contested by qualitative researchers; however,as we have already seen,even qualitative research lends itself to statistical analysis.
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© 1998 Sotirios Sarantakos
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Sarantakos, S. (1998). Central tendency and dispersion. In: Social Research. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14884-4_16
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