The practice of social research / Earl Babbie.
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TextPublisher: Boston, MA : Cengage, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Fifteenth editionDescription: xxix, 575 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0357360761
- 9780357360767
- 300.72 23
- H62 .B2 2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. An Introduction To Inquiry : -- 1. Human Inquiry and Science -- 2. Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research -- 3. The Ethics and Politics of Social Research -- Part II. The Structuring Of Inquiry: Quantitative And Qualitative : -- 4. Research Design -- 5. Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement -- 6. Indexes, Scales, and Typologies -- 7. The Logic of Sampling -- Part III. Modes Of Observation : -- 8. Experiments -- 9. Survey Research -- 10. Qualitative Field Research -- 11. Unobtrusive Research -- 12. Evaluation Research -- Part IV. Analysis Of Data: Quantitative And Qualitative : -- 13. Qualitative Data Analysis -- 14. Quantitative Data Analysis -- 15. The Logic of Multivariate Analysis -- 16. Statistical Analyses -- 17. Reading and Writing Social Research -- Appendix A. Using the Library -- Appendix B. Random Numbers -- Appendix C. Distribution of Chi Square -- Appendix D. Normal Curve Areas -- Appendix E. Estimated Sampling Error.
"Known as the "gold standard" for research methods, the text delivers a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to the field of research as practiced by social scientists. Dr. Babbie emphasizes the research process by showing students how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today."--Publishers website.
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