Making sense of the social world : methods of investigation
An engaging introduction to social research for students who need to understand methodologies and results, but who may never conduct research themselves
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks :
SAGE ,
c2013
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| Edition: | 4th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Science, society, and social research
- 2. The process and problems of social research
- 3. Ethics in research
- 4. Conceptualization and measurement
- 5. Sampling
- 6. Causation and experimental design
- 7. Survey research
- 8. Elementary quantitative data analysis
- 9. Qualitative methods: observing, participating, listening
- 10. Qualitative data analysis
- 11. Evaluation research
- 12. Reviewing, proposing, and reporting research