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The practice of social research

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Cengage Learning, 2010 - Social Science - 530 pages
This is a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to the field of research as practiced by social scientists. This best-selling book emphasizes the research process by demonstrating 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 all the tools researchers and consumers need to apply social research.
  

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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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Research Methods Summer 2011

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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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About the author (2010)

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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