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050 00 $aH62$b.B2 2013
100 1 $aBabbie, Earl R.
245 14 $aThe practice of social research /$cEarl Babbie.
246 30 $aSocial research
250 $a13th Ed.
260 $aBelmont, CA :$bWadsworth Cengage Learning,$cc2013.
300 $axxiii, 584 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 563-575) and index.
505 0 $aPart 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.
520 $aA straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Thirteenth Edition of Babbie's "gold-standard" text gives you the tools you need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. Babbie emphasizes the process by showing you how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering critical questions about research methods--such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data.
650 12 $aSocial Sciences.
650 12 $aResearch Design.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xResearch.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xMethodology.
988 $a20121022
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