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Essentials of research methods : a guide to social science research / Janet M. Ruane.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0631230483
  • 9780631230489
  • 0631230491
  • 9780631230496
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 22
LOC classification:
  • H62 .R728 2005
Contents:
1. When should we trust what we know? : why research methods? -- 2. Ethics : it's the right thing to do -- 3. Some perfectly valid points : measurement, internal, and external validity -- 4. Measure by measure : making the abstract concrete -- 5. If it glitters is it gold? : assessing measures -- 6. One thing leads to another : causal analysis -- 7. Designing ideas : research strategies -- 8. An informative few : sampling -- 9. Our inquisitive nature : the questionnaire -- 10. Talking heads : the interview -- 11. Watch and learn : field research -- 12. Getting organized : descriptive statistics -- 13. Beyond description : inferential statistics.
Review: "Essentials of Research Methods is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences. Written by an expert of research methods teaching, this book takes care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index.

1. When should we trust what we know? : why research methods? -- 2. Ethics : it's the right thing to do -- 3. Some perfectly valid points : measurement, internal, and external validity -- 4. Measure by measure : making the abstract concrete -- 5. If it glitters is it gold? : assessing measures -- 6. One thing leads to another : causal analysis -- 7. Designing ideas : research strategies -- 8. An informative few : sampling -- 9. Our inquisitive nature : the questionnaire -- 10. Talking heads : the interview -- 11. Watch and learn : field research -- 12. Getting organized : descriptive statistics -- 13. Beyond description : inferential statistics.

"Essentials of Research Methods is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences. Written by an expert of research methods teaching, this book takes care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods."--BOOK JACKET.

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