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The practice of social research

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Cengage Learning, 2010 - Social Science - 530 pages
Known as the gold standard of research methods texts, THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, 12th Edtion, is a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to the field of research as practiced by social scientists. This best-selling text emphasizes the research process by showing readers how to design research studies, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering questions about research methods--such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data. THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH provides the tools readers need to apply social research concepts inside the classroom and out, and as both researchers and consumers. Benefits: NEW! Introduce students to the sensitivities around social research with a new section on research ethics at the end of each chapter. Provide the best faculty and student support package in the research methods course market. No other text has the depth and breadth of the supplemental support package for THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH. NEW! Develop better sensitivity around social research with a new section on research ethics at the end of each chapter. NEW! Learn how to create a research proposal with new skill-building exercises in each chapter. You will prepare different sections of a proposal in each chapter, applying specific chapter concepts. Then, in Chapter 17, you review the full proposal pulled together in its final form. NEW! Discuss key qualitative researchers and their work with the new "Keeping Humanity in Focus" box feature. Profiles of exciting new researchers include Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas, Elijah Anderson, Rachel Sherman, Kristen Schilt, and Sudhir Venkatesh. NEW! Empower yourself with hands-on "How To Do It" boxes and their practical research topics, including: Framing a Hypothesis, Identifying the Unit of Analysis, How to Design a Research Project, Using a Table of Random Numbers, Conducting an Online Survey, Establishing Rapport,
  

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User Review  - Alex Fink - Goodreads

A competent, but rather dull social science research text. Pretty much what you would expect, which for a research text is kind of boring. Read full review

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Contents

An Introduction to Inquiry
1
The Structuring of Inquiry Quantitative and Qualitative
89
Modes of Observation Quantitative and Qualitative
229
Analysis of Data Quantitative and Qualitative
391
APPENDIXES
531

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Earl R. Babbie graduated from Harvard University before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and began teaching shortly thereafter. Credited with defining research methods for the social sciences, Dr. Babbie has written several texts, including the bestseller, THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (Cengage).

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