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Quantitative Methods

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This chapter provides an introduction and review of quantitative approaches to researching sexuality and gender. Sexuality is considered a broad term encompassing several topics that might be amenable to quantitative methods, including sexual behaviour and sexual orientation. The chapter first considers the brief history of quantitative approaches to studying behaviour and orientation. Next, major quantitative studies of sexual behaviour are introduced and current debates outlined. Implications for applied professionals are then discussed, ending with a brief overview of current debates.

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  1. Gareth Hagger-Johnson
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  1. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and West London Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

    Christina Richards (Senior Specialist Psychology Associate and Clinical Research Fellow) (Senior Specialist Psychology Associate and Clinical Research Fellow)

  2. The Open University, UK

    Meg John Barker (Senior Lecturer in Psychology) (Senior Lecturer in Psychology)

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Hagger-Johnson, G. (2015). Quantitative Methods. In: Richards, C., Barker, M.J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137345899_20

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