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The practice of social research
- Title
- The practice of social research / Earl R. Babbie.
- Author
- Babbie, Earl R.
- Publication
- Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., ©1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Additional Authors
- Babbie, Earl R.
- Description
- xxvii, 596 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subject
- Note
- Guided activities to accompany this edition: Practicing social research / Earl R. Babbie, Robert E. Huitt. Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1979.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. An Introduction to Inquiry -- 1. Human Inquiry and Science -- 2. Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research -- 3. The Ethics and Politics of Social Research -- Part 2. The Structuring of Inquiry -- 4. Research Design -- 5. Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement -- 6. Indexes, Scales, and Typologies -- 7. The Logic of Sampling -- Part 3. Modes of Observation -- 8. Experiments -- 9. Survey Research -- 10. Qualitative Field Research -- 11. Unobtrusive Research -- 12. Evaluation Research -- Part 4. Analysis of Data -- 13. Qualitative Data Analysis -- 14. Quantitative Data Analysis -- 15. The Elaboration Model -- 16. Social Statistics -- 17. 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 -- G. Twenty Questions a Journalist Should Ask about Poll Results.
- ISBN
- 0534006302
- 9780534006303
- LCCN
- 78021513
- OCLC
- ocm04494647
- 4494647
- SCSB-18762
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library