The Practice of Social Research/ by Earl Babbie

By:

Babbie,Earl

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013. Edition: 13th edDescription: xxiii,584pISBN:

9788131520116

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DDC classification:

001.42 BAB/P

Contents:

Part 1: An Introduction to Inquiry 1. Science and Social Research 2. Social Inquiry: Ethics and Politics 3. Inquiry, Theory, and Paradigms

Part 2: The Structuring of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative 4. Purpose and Design of Research Projects 5. Sampling Logic 6. From Concept of Measurement 7. Typologies, Indexes, and Scales

Part 3: Modes of Observation: Quantitative and Qualitative 8. Surveys 9. Experiments and Experimentation 10. Unobtrusive Measures 11. Paradigms, Methods, and Ethics of Qualitative Field Research 12. Evaluation Research: Types, Methods, and Issues

Part 4: Analysis of Data: Quantitative and Qualitative 13. Analyzing Qualitative Data 14. Analyzing Quantitative Data 15. Origins and Paradigm of the Elaboration Model 16. Methods of Statistical Analysis 17. Consuming and Creating Social Research

Summary: A straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Thirteenth Edition of Babbie's "gold-standard" text gives you the tools you need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. Babbie emphasizes the process by showing you how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering critical questions about research methods--such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data.

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Part 1: An Introduction to Inquiry
1. Science and Social Research
2. Social Inquiry: Ethics and Politics
3. Inquiry, Theory, and Paradigms

Part 2: The Structuring of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative
4. Purpose and Design of Research Projects
5. Sampling Logic
6. From Concept of Measurement
7. Typologies, Indexes, and Scales

Part 3: Modes of Observation: Quantitative and Qualitative
8. Surveys
9. Experiments and Experimentation
10. Unobtrusive Measures
11. Paradigms, Methods, and Ethics of Qualitative Field Research
12. Evaluation Research: Types, Methods, and Issues

Part 4: Analysis of Data: Quantitative and Qualitative
13. Analyzing Qualitative Data
14. Analyzing Quantitative Data
15. Origins and Paradigm of the Elaboration Model
16. Methods of Statistical Analysis
17. Consuming and Creating Social Research

A straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Thirteenth Edition of Babbie's "gold-standard" text gives you the tools you need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. Babbie emphasizes the process by showing you how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering critical questions about research methods--such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data.

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