Babbie,Earl <br/><br/>
The Practice of Social Research/ 
by Earl Babbie 
 - 13th ed. 
 - Belmont, CA :   Wadsworth Cengage Learning,   2013.  
 - xxiii,584p. 
<br/><br/>Part 1: An Introduction to Inquiry<br/>1. Science and Social Research<br/>2. Social Inquiry: Ethics and Politics<br/>3. Inquiry, Theory, and Paradigms Part 2: The Structuring of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative<br/>4. Purpose and Design of Research Projects<br/>5. Sampling Logic<br/>6. From Concept of Measurement<br/>7. Typologies, Indexes, and Scales Part 3: Modes of Observation: Quantitative and Qualitative<br/>8. Surveys<br/>9. Experiments and Experimentation<br/>10. Unobtrusive Measures<br/>11. Paradigms, Methods, and Ethics of Qualitative Field Research<br/>12. Evaluation Research: Types, Methods, and Issues Part 4: Analysis of Data: Quantitative and Qualitative<br/>13. Analyzing Qualitative Data<br/>14. Analyzing Quantitative Data<br/>15. Origins and Paradigm of the Elaboration Model<br/>16. Methods of Statistical Analysis<br/>17. Consuming and Creating Social Research 
<br/><br/> 	<br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788131520116 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences -- Research.<br/>Social sciences -- Methodology.<br/>Research Design.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>001.42  / BAB/P