TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dixon,Jeffrey C.
AU  - Singleton,Royce
AU  - Straits,Bruce C.
TI  - The process of social research
SN  - 0199946752
AV  - H61 .D588 2016
U1  - 300.721 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Research
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Why care about research methods? -- Science and social research : from theory to data and back -- The ethics and politics of research : doing what's "right" -- Research designs : it depends on the question -- Measurement : linking theory to research -- Sampling : case selection as a basis for inference -- Experiments : what causes what? -- Surveys : questioning and sampling -- Field research and in-depth interviews : systematic people watching and listening -- Existing data analysis : using data from secondhand sources -- Multiple methods : two or more approaches are better than one -- Quantitative data analysis : using statistics for description and inference -- Qualitative data analysis : searching for meaning -- Reading and writing in social research : it's all about communication -- Glossary
ER  -