Babbie, Earl R. <br/><br/>
The basics of social research /  
Earl Babbie. 
 - Seventh edition. 
 - Boston, MA, USA :    Cengage Learning,  c2019. 
 - xxv, 532 pages :   color illustrations, color maps ;   26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-511) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780357048351 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015936245 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research<br/>Social sciences--Methodology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H62  / B11b 2019