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9780534519049

The Basics of Social Research (with InfoTrac)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780534519049

  • ISBN10:

    0534519040

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-16
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Table of Contents

Preface xvi
Prologue xxi
Part One AN INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY 1(77)
Human Inquiry and Science
2(23)
Paradigms, Theory, and Research
25(28)
The Ethics and Politics of Social Research
53(25)
Part Two THE STRUCTURING OF INQUIRY 78(136)
Research Design
80(33)
Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement
113(32)
Indexes, Scales, and Typologies
145(28)
The Logic of Sampling
173(41)
Part Three MODES OF OBSERVATION 214(152)
Experiments
216(22)
Survey Research
238(41)
Qualitative Field Research
279(31)
Unobtrusive Research
310(29)
Evaluation Research
339(27)
Part Four ANALYSIS OF DATA 366
Qualitative Data Analysis
368
Quantitative Data Analysis
394
APPENDIXES
A Using the Library
422
B The Research Report
428
C Random Numbers
434
D Distribution of Chi Square
436
E Normal Curve Areas
438
F Estimated Sampling Error
439

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