The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods
By: Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan E. Bryman, Tim Futing Liao.
Contributors: Lewis-Beck, Michael S.; Bryman, Alan.; Liao, Tim Futing.
Publisher: Sage
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1305
Subjects: Social sciences -- Research -- Encyclopedias; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: "The first encyclopedia to cover inclusively both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, this set provides clear explanations of 1,000 methodologies, avoiding mathematical equations when possible with liberal cross-referencing and bibliographies. Each volume includes a list of works cited, and the third contains a comprehensive index and lists of person names, organizations, books, tests, software, major concepts, surveys, and methodologies."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. A-F; title: v. 2. G-P; title: v. 3. Q-Z ; Appendix.