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082			_a001.42 _bBAB/P
100			_aBabbie,Earl
245			_aThe Practice of Social Research/ _cby Earl Babbie
250			_a13th ed.
260			_aBelmont, CA : _bWadsworth Cengage Learning, _c2013.
300			_axxiii,584p.
505			_aPart 1: An Introduction to Inquiry 1. Science and Social Research 2. Social Inquiry: Ethics and Politics 3. Inquiry, Theory, and Paradigms
505			_aPart 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
505			_aPart 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
505			_aPart 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
520			_a 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.
650			_aSocial sciences -- Research.
650			_aSocial sciences -- Methodology.
650			_aResearch Design.
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