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