"Chapter 1 is a great inclusion. Many of my students have a quant background equivalent to the level of a high school student in year 10. They need help with the prerequisite fundamentals and most textbooks I've seen (including the one I currently use) don't address this need. in my opinion Les Oakshott has written an appealing, accessible and engaging text." - George Mihaylov, University of Adelaide "I like the idea of the first chapter to repeat basic mathematical operations, I think this is quite useful. A strength of the book is the good linkage between tools and the description of the most common basic quantitative research approaches." - Alexander Brem, Southern Denmark "Yes the chapters are pretty easy to grasp and good hands on options." - Bilal Moosa, Hogeschool van Amsterdam "The main strength of the book is its simplicity.

It does not assume knowledge and builds up gradually. I like the fact that both Excel and SPSS are referenced in the book to encourage the students to engage with software." - Charlotte Price.