Neuman, W. Lawrence 1950-

Understanding research / W. Lawrence Neuman, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. - Second edition. - xiii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why do research? -- Planning a study -- Becoming an ethical researcher -- Sampling -- Measuring social life -- The survey -- The experiment -- Research with nonreactive measures -- Making sense of the numbers -- Observing people in natural settings -- Looking at the past and across cultures -- Writing a research report -- Appendix A. Sample research proposals -- Appendix B. Data and literature research.

0205910386 9780205910380

2016015419


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

H62 / .N3882 2017

300.72