Social research methods
by
 
Bryman, Alan.

Title
Social research methods

Author
Bryman, Alan.

ISBN
9780199264469

Personal Author
Bryman, Alan.

Edition
2nd ed.

Publication Information
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Physical Description
xiv, 592 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

General Note
prev. ed: 2001

Contents
1. Social research strategies -- 2. Research designs -- 3. The nature of quantitative research -- 4. Sampling -- 5. Structured interviewing -- 6. Self-completion questionnaires -- 7. Asking questions -- 8. Structured observation -- 9. Content analysis -- 10. Secondary analysis and official statistics -- 11. Quantitative data analysis -- 12. Using SPSS for Windows -- 13. The nature of qualitative research -- 14. Ethnography and participant observation -- 15. Interviewing in qualitative research -- 16. Focus groups -- 17. Language in qualitative research -- 18. Documents as sources of data -- 19. Qualitative data analysis -- 20. Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: Using NVivo -- 21. Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide -- 22. Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- 23. Writing up social research -- 24. Ethics in social research -- 25. Conducting a small-scale project.

Subject Term
Social sciences -- Research.
 
Social sciences -- Methodology.


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