The practice of social research

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Title:

Author:

Babbie, Earl R., author.

ISBN:

9781305104945

Personal Author:

Babbie, Earl R., author.

Edition:

Fourteenth edition.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 566 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:

An introduction to inquiry: Human inquiry and science ; Paradigms, theory, and social research ; The ethics and politics of social research -- The structuring of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative: Research design ; Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement ; Indexes, scales, and typologies ; The logic of sampling -- Modes of operation : quantitative and qualitative: Experiments ; Survey research ; Qualitative field research ; Unobtrusive research ; Evaluation research -- Analysis of data : quantitative and qualitative: Qualitative data analysis ; Quantitative data analysis ; The logic of multivariate analysis ; Statistical analyses ; Reading and writing social research.

Subject Term:

Social sciences -- Research.

Social sciences -- Methodology.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2014944053-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2014944053-d.html
Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2014944053-t.html

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A straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Fourteenth Edition of this �gold-standard� book gives readers the tools they need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. The author emphasizes the process by showing readers how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering critical questions about research methods-such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data.