Social research methods / edited by Maggie Walter.
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TextPublisher: Australia : Oxford University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Third editionDescription: xxiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780195520170
- 0195520173
- 300.72 23
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Previous edition: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. The foundations of good social science research -- The nature of social science research / Maggie Walter -- Research design / Kristin Natalier -- The research process / Douglas Ezzy -- Ethics and social research / Daphne Habibis -- Sampling / Bruce Tranter -- Part 2. Quantitative methods and the power of the numbers -- Surveys / Maggie Walter -- Population-level analysis / Natalie Jackson -- Analysing quantitative data / Tim Phillips-- Using SPSS for quantitative analysis / Lisa Denny and Brendan Churchill -- Part 3. Qualitative methods and meaning - making -- Qualitative interviewing methods / Max Travers -- Content analysis / Brendan Churchill -- Discourse analysis / Keith Jacobs -- Doing evaluation research / Rob White -- Analysing qualitative data / Karen Willis -- Ethnography / Felicity Picken -- Part 4. Writing up our research for dissemination -- Writing up research / Michelle Gabriel.
"Social Research Methods, Third Edition, guides students through all the steps of the research process, from formulating a question to writing up their report. Written by a team of active Australian research practitioners ... bridges the gap between theory and practice with substantive examples of each method in practice. ."--Publisher's website.
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