Doing social research/ Author:Therese L. Baker. - - 3rd International Edition - New York, McGraw-Hill, 1999 - xxvi, 483 p. - Sociology Series .

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

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