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Social research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches / H. Russell Bernard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Edition 2Description: xxxiii, 789 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1412978548
  • 9781412978545
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 23
LOC classification:
  • H62 .B439 2013
Contents:
Part I. Background to Research -- Part II. Research Design -- Part III. Data Collection -- Part IV. Data Analysis -- --
Part I. Background to Research -- 1. About Social Science -- 2. The Foundations of Social Research -- 3. Preparing for Research -- -- Part II. Research Design -- 4. Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking -- 5. Sampling: The Basics -- 6. Sampling Theory -- 7. Nonprobability Sampling -- -- Part III. Data Collection -- 8. Interviewing I: Unstructured and Semistructured -- 9. Interviewing II: Questionnaires -- 10. Interviewing III: Relational Data - Domains and Networks -- 11. Scales and Scaling -- 12. Participant Observation -- 13. Field Notes and Database Management -- 14. Direct and Indirect Observation -- -- Part IV. Data Analysis -- 15. Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis -- 16. Analyzing Cultural Domains and Proximity Matrices -- 17. Analyzing Qualitative Data I: Applying Logic to Text -- 18. Analyzing Qualitative Data II: Grammar Beyond the Sentence -- 19. Analyzing Qualitative Data III: Grounded Theory and Content Analysis -- 20. Univariate Analysis -- 21. Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations -- 22. Multivariate Analysis -- -- Appendix A. Table of Areas under a Normal Curve -- Appendix B. Student's t Distribution -- Appendix C. Chi-Square Distribution Table -- Appendix D. F Table for the .05 Level of Significance -- Appendix E. Resources for Social Researchers.
Summary: "This text provides a comprehensive guide to doing research in the social and behavioral sciences-from research design and sampling to collecting and analyzing data. Rich in examples, the book has been revised and updated to provide today's students with a conceptual understanding of each qualitative and quantitative technique, as well as showing them how to use it."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages696-753) and index.

Part I. Background to Research -- Part II. Research Design -- Part III. Data Collection -- Part IV. Data Analysis -- --

Part I. Background to Research -- 1. About Social Science -- 2. The Foundations of Social Research -- 3. Preparing for Research -- -- Part II. Research Design -- 4. Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking -- 5. Sampling: The Basics -- 6. Sampling Theory -- 7. Nonprobability Sampling -- -- Part III. Data Collection -- 8. Interviewing I: Unstructured and Semistructured -- 9. Interviewing II: Questionnaires -- 10. Interviewing III: Relational Data - Domains and Networks -- 11. Scales and Scaling -- 12. Participant Observation -- 13. Field Notes and Database Management -- 14. Direct and Indirect Observation -- -- Part IV. Data Analysis -- 15. Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis -- 16. Analyzing Cultural Domains and Proximity Matrices -- 17. Analyzing Qualitative Data I: Applying Logic to Text -- 18. Analyzing Qualitative Data II: Grammar Beyond the Sentence -- 19. Analyzing Qualitative Data III: Grounded Theory and Content Analysis -- 20. Univariate Analysis -- 21. Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations -- 22. Multivariate Analysis -- -- Appendix A. Table of Areas under a Normal Curve -- Appendix B. Student's t Distribution -- Appendix C. Chi-Square Distribution Table -- Appendix D. F Table for the .05 Level of Significance -- Appendix E. Resources for Social Researchers.

"This text provides a comprehensive guide to doing research in the social and behavioral sciences-from research design and sampling to collecting and analyzing data. Rich in examples, the book has been revised and updated to provide today's students with a conceptual understanding of each qualitative and quantitative technique, as well as showing them how to use it."--Publisher's website.

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