TY - BOOK AU - Bryman,Alan TI - Social Research Methods SN - 9780198755951 U1 - 001.42 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Social sciences -- Research KW - Social sciences -- Methodology N1 - Part One:The Research Process- 1. The nature and process of social research -- 2. Social research strategies: quantitative research and qualitative research -- 3. Research designs -- 4. Planning a research project and formulating research questions -- 5. Getting started: reviewing the literature --; Part Two:Quantitative Research- 6. The nature of quantitative research -- 7. Sampling in quantitative research -- 8. Structured interviewing -- 9. Self-administered questionnaires -- 10. Asking questions -- 11. Structured observation -- 12. Content analysis -- 13. Quantitative data analysis -- 14. Using IBM SPSS statistics --; Part Three:Qualitative Research- 15. The nature of qualitative research -- 16. Sampling in qualitative research -- 17. Ethnography and participant observation -- 18. Interviewing in qualitative research and focus groups -- 19. Language in qualitative research -- 20. Documents as sources of data -- 21. Qualitative data analysis --; Part Four:Mixed Research and Writing Up. 22. Mixed methods research: combining quantitative and qualitative research -- 23. Writing up social research -- 24. Ethics and politics in social research ER -