The basics of social research /
Babbie, Earl R.
The basics of social research / Earl Babbie. - Seventh edition. - Boston, MA, USA : Cengage Learning, c2019. - xxv, 532 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-511) and index.
Part one. An introduction to inquiry -- Human inquiry and science -- Paradigms, theory, and research -- The ethics and politics of social research -- Part two. The structuring of inquiry -- Research design -- Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement -- Indexes, scales, and typologies -- The logic of sampling -- Part three. Modes of observation -- Experiments -- Survey research -- Qualitative field research -- Unobtrusive research -- Evaluation research -- Part four. Analysis of data -- Qualitative data analysis -- Quantitative data analysis -- Reading and writing social research.
9780357048351 (paperback)
2015936245
Social sciences--Research
Social sciences--Methodology
H62 / B11b 2019
The basics of social research / Earl Babbie. - Seventh edition. - Boston, MA, USA : Cengage Learning, c2019. - xxv, 532 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-511) and index.
Part one. An introduction to inquiry -- Human inquiry and science -- Paradigms, theory, and research -- The ethics and politics of social research -- Part two. The structuring of inquiry -- Research design -- Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement -- Indexes, scales, and typologies -- The logic of sampling -- Part three. Modes of observation -- Experiments -- Survey research -- Qualitative field research -- Unobtrusive research -- Evaluation research -- Part four. Analysis of data -- Qualitative data analysis -- Quantitative data analysis -- Reading and writing social research.
9780357048351 (paperback)
2015936245
Social sciences--Research
Social sciences--Methodology
H62 / B11b 2019