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" The Practice of social research / "
Earl Babbie
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BL
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641550
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Babbie, Earl R
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The Practice of social research /\ Earl Babbie
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13th Ed
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Belmont, CA :: Wadsworth Cengage Learning,, c2013
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xxiii, 584 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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9781133049791
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: 1133049796
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: 9781133050094
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: 1133050093
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-575) and index
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| Contents
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Part I: An introduction to inquiry. Human inquiry and science ; Paradigms, theory, and social research ; The ethics and politics of social research -- Part II: The structuring of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative. Research design ; Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement ; Indexes, scales, and typologies ; The logic of sampling -- Part III: Modes of operation : quantitative and qualitative. Experiments ; Survey research ; Qualitative field research ; Unobtrusive research ; Evaluation research -- Part IV: Analysis of data : quantitative and qualitative. Qualitative data analysis ; Quantitative data analysis ; The logic of multivariate analysis ; Statistical analyses ; Reading and writing social research -- Appendixes: A: Using the library ; B: GSS household enumeration questionnaire ; C: Random numbers ; D: Distribution of Chi square ; E: Normal curve areas ; F: Estimated sampling error
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Social sciences-- Research
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Social sciences-- Methodology
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Research Design
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Social Sciences
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H62.B2 2013
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