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.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xxi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0199946752
- 9780199946754
- 300.721 23
- H61 .D588 2016
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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.
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