Social research methods /
Bryman, Alan
Social research methods / Alan Bryman. - xiv, 540 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-527) and index.
Abbreviations -- Guide to the book -- Social research strategies -- Research designs -- The nature of quantitative research -- Sampling -- Structured interviewing -- Self-completion questionnaires -- Asking questions -- Structured observation -- Content analysis -- Secondary analysis and official statistics -- Quantitative data analysis -- Using SPSS for Windows -- The nature of qualitative research -- Ethnography and participant observation -- Interviewing in qualitative research -- Focus groups -- Language in qualitative research -- Documents as sources of data -- Qualitative data analysis -- Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis : using NVivo -- Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide -- Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- E-research : using the internet as object and method of data collection -- Writing up social research -- Ethics and politics in social research -- Doing a research project -- Glossary -- References -- Name index -- Subject index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
0198742045 9780198742043 019924698X 9780199246984
2001021259
Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.
H62. / B787 2001
300.72
Social research methods / Alan Bryman. - xiv, 540 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-527) and index.
Abbreviations -- Guide to the book -- Social research strategies -- Research designs -- The nature of quantitative research -- Sampling -- Structured interviewing -- Self-completion questionnaires -- Asking questions -- Structured observation -- Content analysis -- Secondary analysis and official statistics -- Quantitative data analysis -- Using SPSS for Windows -- The nature of qualitative research -- Ethnography and participant observation -- Interviewing in qualitative research -- Focus groups -- Language in qualitative research -- Documents as sources of data -- Qualitative data analysis -- Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis : using NVivo -- Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide -- Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- E-research : using the internet as object and method of data collection -- Writing up social research -- Ethics and politics in social research -- Doing a research project -- Glossary -- References -- Name index -- Subject index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
0198742045 9780198742043 019924698X 9780199246984
2001021259
Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.
H62. / B787 2001
300.72