The process of social research /
Dixon, Jeffrey C.,
The process of social research / Jeffrey C. Dixon, College of the Holy Cross, Royce A. Singleton, Jr., College of the Holy Cross, Bruce C. Straits, University of California, Santa Barbara. - xxi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Why care about research methods? -- Science and social research : from theory to data and back -- The ethics and politics of research : doing what's "right" -- Research designs : it depends on the question -- Measurement : linking theory to research -- Sampling : case selection as a basis for inference -- Experiments : what causes what? -- Surveys : questioning and sampling -- Field research and in-depth interviews : systematic people watching and listening -- Existing data analysis : using data from secondhand sources -- Multiple methods : two or more approaches are better than one -- Quantitative data analysis : using statistics for description and inference -- Qualitative data analysis : searching for meaning -- Reading and writing in social research : it's all about communication -- Glossary.
0199946752 9780199946754
2014046430
Social sciences--Methodology.
Social sciences--Research.
H61 / .D588 2016
300.721
The process of social research / Jeffrey C. Dixon, College of the Holy Cross, Royce A. Singleton, Jr., College of the Holy Cross, Bruce C. Straits, University of California, Santa Barbara. - xxi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Why care about research methods? -- Science and social research : from theory to data and back -- The ethics and politics of research : doing what's "right" -- Research designs : it depends on the question -- Measurement : linking theory to research -- Sampling : case selection as a basis for inference -- Experiments : what causes what? -- Surveys : questioning and sampling -- Field research and in-depth interviews : systematic people watching and listening -- Existing data analysis : using data from secondhand sources -- Multiple methods : two or more approaches are better than one -- Quantitative data analysis : using statistics for description and inference -- Qualitative data analysis : searching for meaning -- Reading and writing in social research : it's all about communication -- Glossary.
0199946752 9780199946754
2014046430
Social sciences--Methodology.
Social sciences--Research.
H61 / .D588 2016
300.721