The basics of social research /
"This thorough revision of Babbie's standard-setting book offers students a succinct, straightforward introduction to the field of research methods as practiced by social scientists. Contemporary examples such as terrorism, Alzheimer's disease, anti-gay prejudice and education, and th...
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| Language: | English |
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Australia ; Belmont, CA :
Wadsworth / Cengage Learning,
[2011]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Human inquiry and science
- 2. Paradigms, theory, and research
- 3. The ethics and politics of social research
- 4. Research design
- 5. Conceptualization, 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.