Social research methods / 
edited by Maggie Walter. 
 - Third edition. 
 - xxiv, 416 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/> Previous edition: 2009. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Part 1. The foundations of good social science research --  The nature of social science research   /  Research design  /  The research process  /  Ethics and social research  /  Sampling  /  Part 2. Quantitative methods and the power of the numbers --  Surveys  /  Population-level analysis  /  Analysing quantitative data  /  Using SPSS for quantitative analysis  /  Part 3. Qualitative methods and meaning - making --  Qualitative interviewing methods  /  Content analysis  /  Discourse analysis  /  Doing evaluation research  /  Analysing qualitative data  /  Ethnography  /  Part 4. Writing up our research for dissemination --  Writing up research /  Maggie Walter --  Kristin Natalier --  Douglas Ezzy --  Daphne Habibis --  Bruce Tranter --  Maggie Walter --  Natalie Jackson --  Tim Phillips--  Lisa Denny and Brendan Churchill --  Max Travers --  Brendan Churchill --  Keith Jacobs --  Rob White --  Karen Willis --  Felicity Picken --  Michelle Gabriel. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195520170 0195520173 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research--Australia
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.72