The practice of social research
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The practice of social research
Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1995
7th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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By emphasizing an understanding of the theoretical logic behind the research process and preferred techniques, this book aims to help students see methods as a way of thinking and gathering evidence. The author delivers practical discussions of major methods of social research.
Table of Contents
- An introduction to inquiry: Human inquiry and science
- Theory and research
- The nature of causation. The structuring of inquiry: Research design
- Conceptualization and measurement
- Operationalization
- Indexer, scales and typologies
- The logic of sampling. Modes of observation
- Experiments
- Survey research
- Field research
- Unobtrusive research
- Evaluation research. Analysis of Data: Quantifying data
- Elementary analyses
- The elaboration model
- Social Statistics. The social context of research: The ethics and politics of social research
- The uses of social research.
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