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About the Authors | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Science, Society, and Social Research | |
What Is the Problem? | |
Can Social Scientists See the Social World More Clearly? | |
How Well Have We Done Our Research? | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
The Process and Problems of Social Research | |
What Is the Question? | |
What Is the Theory? | |
What Is the Strategy? | |
What Is the Design? | |
But Is It Ethical? | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Ethics in Research | |
Historical Background | |
Ethical Principles | |
Conclusions | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Conceptualization and Measurement | |
What Do We Have in Mind? | |
How Will We Know When We've Found It? | |
How Much Information Do We Really Have? | |
Did We Measure What We Wanted To Measure? | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Sampling | |
How Do We Prepare to Sample? | |
What Sampling Method Should We Use? | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Causation and Experimental Design | |
Causal Explanation | |
What Causes What? | |
Why Experiment? | |
What If a True Experiment Isn?t Possible? | |
What Are the Threats to Validity in Experiments? | |
How Do Experimenters Protect Their Subjects? | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Survey Research | |
Why Is Survey Research So Popular? | |
How Should We Write Survey Questions? | |
How Should Questionnaires Be Designed? | |
What Are the Alternatives for Administering Surveys? | |
A Comparison of Survey Designs | |
Ethical Issues in Survey Research | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Elementary Quantitative Data Analysis | |
Why Do Statistics? | |
How to Prepare Data for Analysis | |
What Are the Options for Displaying Distributions? | |
What Are the Options for Summarizing Distributions? | |
How Can We Tell Whether Two Variables Are Related? | |
Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie with Statistics | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, Listening | |
What Are "Qualitative" Methods? | |
How Does Participant Observation Become a Research Method? | |
How Do You Conduct Intensive Interviews? | |
How Do You Run Focus Groups? | |
Analyzing Qualitative Data | |
Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Qualitative Data Analysis | |
What Is Distinctive About Qualitative Data Analysis? | |
What Techniques Do Qualitative Data Analysts Use? | |
What Are Some Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis? | |
Visual Sociology | |
How Can Computers Assist Qualitative Data Analysis? | |
What Ethical Issues Arise in Qualitative Data Analysis? | |
Conclusions | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Evaluation Research | |
What Is the History of Evaluation Research? | |
What Is Evaluation Research? | |
What Are the Alternatives in Evaluation Designs? | |
What Can an Evaluation Study Focus On? | |
Ethical Issues in Evaluation Research | |
Conclusion | |
Key Terms | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Reviewing, Proposing, and Reporting Research | |
Comparing Research Designs | |
Reviewing Research | |
Proposing New Research | |
Reporting Research | |
Conclusion | |
Highlights | |
Exercises | |
Finding Information | |
Secondary Data Sources | |
References | |
Glossary/Index | |
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