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The practice of social research / (Record no. 952)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780534574741
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency DLC
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 300/.72
Edition number 21
Item number B1126
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Babbie, Earl R.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The practice of social research /
Statement of responsibility, etc Earl Babbie.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 9th ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Belmont, CA :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Wadsworth Thomson Learning,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2001
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 v. (various pagings) :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note includes bibliography, glossary and index
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences
General subdivision Research.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences
General subdivision Methodology.
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Koha item type Books
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Holographic Overview 1 --<br/>Part 1 An Introduction to Inquiry 14 --<br/>1 Human Inquiry and Science 16 --<br/>Looking for Reality 18 --<br/>The Foundations of Social Science 24 --<br/>Some Dialectics of Social Science 33 --<br/>The Ethics of Social Research 37 --<br/>2 Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research 41 --<br/>Some Social Science Paradigms 42 --<br/>Elements of Social Theory 51 --<br/>Two Logical Systems Revisited 53 --<br/>Deductive Theory Construction 60 --<br/>Inductive Theory Construction 63 --<br/>The Links Between Theory and Research 64 --<br/>3 The Idea of Causation in Social Research 68 --<br/>Determinism and Social Science 69 --<br/>Causation in Idiographic and Nomothetic Models of Explanation 72 --<br/>Criteria for Causality 75 --<br/>Necessary and Sufficient Causes 78 --<br/>Errors in Reasoning About Causation 81 --<br/>Linking Measurement and Association 83 --<br/>Part 2 The Structure of Inquiry 88 --<br/>4 Research Design 90 --<br/>Three Purposes of Research 91 --<br/>Units of Analysis 94 --<br/>The Time Dimension 101 --<br/>How To Design a Research Project 107 --<br/>The Research Proposal 113 --<br/>Answers to Review Questions and Exercises, Item 2 117 --<br/>5 Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement 118 --<br/>Measuring Anything That Exists 119 --<br/>Conceptualization 122 --<br/>Definitions in Descriptive and Explanatory Studies 129 --<br/>Operationalization Choices 132 --<br/>Criteria of Measurement Quality 140 --<br/>6 Indexes, Scales, and Typologies 148 --<br/>Indexes versus Scales 149 --<br/>Index Construction 152 --<br/>Scale Construction 165 --<br/>Typologies 171 --<br/>7 The Logic of Sampling 175 --<br/>A Brief History of Sampling 177 --<br/>Nonprobability Sampling 178 --<br/>The Theory and Logic of Probability sampling 182 --<br/>Populations and Sampling Frames 194 --<br/>Types of Sampling Designs 197 --<br/>Multistage Cluster Sampling 204 --<br/>Probability Sampling in Review 211 --<br/>Part 3 Modes of Observation 214 --<br/>8 Experiments 216 --<br/>Topics Appropriate to Experiments 217 --<br/>The Classical Experiment 217 --<br/>Selecting Subjects 221 --<br/>Variations on Experimental Design 224 --<br/>An Illustration of Experimentation 230 --<br/>"Natural" Experiments 232 --<br/>Strengths and Weaknesses of the Experimental Method 234 --<br/>9 Survey Research 237 --<br/>Topics Appropriate for Survey Research 238 --<br/>Guidelines for Asking Questions 239 --<br/>Questionnaire Construction 245 --<br/>Self-Administered Questionnaires 253 --<br/>Interview Surveys 258 --<br/>Telephone Surveys 262 --<br/>New Technologies and Survey Research 265 --<br/>Comparison of the Different Survey Methods 267 --<br/>Strengths and Weaknesses of Survey Research 268 --<br/>Secondary Analysis 269 --<br/>10 Qualitative Field Research 274 --<br/>Topics Appropriate to Field Research 275 --<br/>Special Considerations in Qualitative Field Research 277 --<br/>Some Qualitative Field Research Paradigms 281 --<br/>Conducting Qualitative Field Research 290 --<br/>Strengths and Weaknesses of Qualitative Field Research 298 --<br/>Research Ethics in Qualitative Field Research 300 --<br/>11 Unobtrusive Measures 303 --<br/>Content Analysis 304 --<br/>Analyzing Existing Statistics 315 --<br/>Historical/Comparative Analysis 322 --<br/>12 Evaluation Research 331 --<br/>Topics Appropriate to Evaluation Research 333 --<br/>Formulating the Problem: Issues of Measurement 334 --<br/>Types of Evaluation Research Designs 338 --<br/>The Social Context 344 --<br/>Social Indicators Research 351 --<br/>Part 4 Analysis of Data 356 --<br/>13 Qualitative Data Analysis 358 --<br/>Linking Theory and Analysis 359 --<br/>Qualitative Data Processing 364 --<br/>Computer Programs for Qualitative Data 370 --<br/>14 Quantifying Data 383 --<br/>Computers in Social Research 384 --<br/>Coding 387 --<br/>Coding and Data Entry Options 390 --<br/>Data Cleaning 392 --<br/>15 Elementary Quantitative Analyses 396 --<br/>Univariate Analysis 397 --<br/>Subgroup Comparisons 403 --<br/>Bivariate Analysis 406 --<br/>Introduction to Multivariate Analysis 412 --<br/>16 The Elaboration Model 416 --<br/>The Origins of the Elaboration Model 417 --<br/>The Elaboration Paradigm 421 --<br/>Elaboration and Ex Post Facto Hypothesizing 430 --<br/>17 Social Statistics 434 --<br/>The Danger of Success in Math 435 --<br/>Descriptive Statistics 436 --<br/>Other Multivariate Techniques 446 --<br/>Inferential Statistics 452 --<br/>Part 5 The Social Context of Research 466 --<br/>18 The Ethics and Politics of Social Research 468 --<br/>Ethical Issues in Social Research 470 --<br/>Two Ethical Controversies 479 --<br/>The Politics of Social Research 481 --<br/>19 The Uses of Social Research 490 --<br/>Theory --<br/>Data Collection --<br/>Analysis 491 --<br/>Everyday Uses of Social Research Skills 492 --<br/>A Consumer's Guide to Social Research 493 --<br/>A Using the Library 2 --<br/>B Social Research in Cyberspace 8 --<br/>C The Research Report 16 --<br/>D GSS Household Enumeration Questionnaire 23 --<br/>E Random Numbers 33 --<br/>F Distribution of Chi Square 35 --<br/>G Normal Curve Areas 37 --<br/>H Estimated Sampling Error 38 --<br/>I A Learner's Guide to SPSS 8.0 40 --<br/>J Twenty Questions a Journalist Should Ask about Poll Results 75.
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