TY - BOOK TI - Doing social research T2 - Sociology Series SN - 0-07-116092-2 U1 - 300.72 22 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill N1 - pt. 1. Introduction: subjects for social research. Varieties of social research Science and theory in social research pt. 2. The design of social research. Defining, designing, and developing a research project Operationalization and measurement: from concepts to variables Sampling pt. 3. The methods of social research. Experimental research Survey research, interviewing techniques and focus groups Qualitative research Methods of analyzing available data Evaluation research, case studies, and other forms of applied research pt. 4. The analysis of social research data. Ways of analyzing qualitative and quantitative data Univariate, bivariate, and trivariate analyses Elementary statistics for social research The ethics of social research Presenting the research results ER -