Babbie, Earl R., <br/><br/>
The basics of social research / 
Earl Babbie, Chapman University. 
 - Seventh edition. 
 - Boston, MA, USA :  Cengage Learning,  [2017] 
 - xxvii, 530 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>9781305503076 1305503074 9781305677111 1305677110 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015936245 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research.<br/>Social sciences--Methodology.<br/>Social sciences--Methodology.<br/>Social sciences--Research.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H62  / BAB 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.072