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The practice of social research / Earl Babbie, Chapman University.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boston, MA : CENGAGE Learning, c2016.Edition: Fourteenth editionDescription: xxiv, 566 p. : color ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781305104945
  • 1305104943
Other title:
  • Social research
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H62 .B2 2016
Online resources:
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.
Item type: Research Collection
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Judith Thomas Library Judith Thomas Library Research Section JTL Research Collection H 62 .B2 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA21883 1 Available AUA21883
Judith Thomas Library Judith Thomas Library Research Section JTL Research Collection H 62 .B2 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA21884 2 Available AUA21884

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-548) and index.

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.