Social Research Methods : Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

by Bernard

• ISBN13: 9781412978545
• ISBN10: 1412978548
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-04
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

This book explains and demonstrates to students when to use and how to apply the quantitative and qualitative techniques that they'll need to do their own social research. Using actual examples from psychology, sociology, anthropology, health and education, the book provides readers with both a conceptual understanding of each technique as well as showing them how to use it.

Table of Contents

About Social Science

The Foundations of Social Research

Preparing for Research

Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking

Sampling: The Basics

Sampling Theory

Nonprobability Sampling

Interviewing I: Unstructured and Semistructured

Interviewing II: Questionnaires

Interviewing III: Relational Data - Domains and Networks

Scales and Scaling

Participant Observation

Field Notes and Database Management

Direct and Indirect Observation

Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

Analyzing Cultural Domains and Proximity Matrices

Analyzing Qualitative Data I: Applying Logic to Text

Analyzing Qualitative Data II: Grammar Beyond the Sentence

Analyzing Qualitative Data III: Grounded Theory and Content Analysis

Univariate Analysis

Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations

Multivariate Analysis

Table of Areas under a Normal Curve

StudentâÇÖs t Distribution

Chi-Square Distribution Table

F Table for the .05 Level of Significance

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