عنوان

The Practice of social research /

(Number (ISBN

1133049796

(Number (ISBN

1133050093

(Number (ISBN

9781133049791

(Number (ISBN

9781133050094

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Title Proper

The Practice of social research /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Earl Babbie

Edition Statement

13th Ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Belmont, CA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Wadsworth Cengage Learning,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2013

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxiii, 584 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-575) and index

Text of Note

Part I: An introduction to inquiry. Human inquiry and science ; Paradigms, theory, and social research ; The ethics and politics of social research -- Part II: The structuring of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative. Research design ; Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement ; Indexes, scales, and typologies ; The logic of sampling -- Part III: Modes of operation : quantitative and qualitative. Experiments ; Survey research ; Qualitative field research ; Unobtrusive research ; Evaluation research -- Part IV: Analysis of data : quantitative and qualitative. Qualitative data analysis ; Quantitative data analysis ; The logic of multivariate analysis ; Statistical analyses ; Reading and writing social research -- Appendixes: A: Using the library ; B: GSS household enumeration questionnaire ; C: Random numbers ; D: Distribution of Chi square ; E: Normal curve areas ; F: Estimated sampling error

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Social sciences-- Methodology

Social sciences-- Research

Research Design

Social Sciences

Class number

Book number

Babbie, Earl R

Date of Transaction

20130910013313.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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