Babbie, Earl R.,

The basics of social research / Earl Babbie, Chapman University. - Seventh edition. - xxvii, 530 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Human inquiry and science -- 2. Paradigms, theory, and research -- 3. The ethics and politics of social research -- 4. Research design -- 5. Conceptualizations, operationalization, and measurement -- 6. Indexes, scales, and typologies -- 7. The logic of sampling -- 8. Experiments -- 9. Survey research -- 10. Qualitative field research -- 11. Unobtrusive research -- 12. Evaluation research -- 13. Qualitative data analysis -- 14. Quantitative data analysis -- 15. Reading and writing social research.

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Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.

300.72