TY - BOOK AU - Babbie,Earl R. TI - The basics of social research SN - 1305503074 U1 - 300.72 223 PY - 2017///] CY - [Boston] PB - Cengage Learning KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - 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 ER -