TY - BOOK AU - Judd,Charles M. AU - Smith,Eliot R. AU - Kidder,Louise H. AU - Kidder,Louise H. TI - Research methods in social relations SN - 0030311497 AV - H62 .K473 1991 U1 - 300.72 20 PY - 1991///] CY - Fort Worth PB - Holt, Rinehart, and Winston KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Revised edition of: Research methods in social relations / Louise H. Kidder. 5th ed. 1986; Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-559) and index; Acquiring Social Knowledge: Scientific and Ordinary Knowledge -- Examining Social Relations Research -- Measurement: From Abstract Concepts to Concrete Representations -- Randomized Experiments -- Quasi-Experimental and Survey Research Designs -- Logic of Sampling -- Scaling -- Laboratory Research -- Practical Sampling -- Questionnaires and Interviews: Asking Questions Effectively -- Observational and Archival Data -- Qualitative Research: Field Work and Participant Observation -- Applied and Evaluation Research -- Coding Data and Describing Distributions -- Describing Relationships Between Variables -- Controlling for Third Variables -- Meta-Analysis -- Writing the Research Report -- Ethical Implications ER -