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The basics of social research / Earl Babbie, Chapman University.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, MA, USA : Cengage Learning, [2017]Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xxvii, 530 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781305503076
  • 1305503074
  • 9781305677111
  • 1305677110
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.072 23
LOC classification:
  • H62 BAB 2017
Contents:
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.
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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.

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