Methods of family research
By: Theodore N. Greenstein.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Sage Pulications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Family -- Research -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why do research on families?; title: Causal inference in family research; title: Searching and reading the literature; title: Using the internet to study families; title: How do we measure concepts?; title: Studying families : quantitative methods; title: Studying families : qualitative methods; title: Studying families : mixed methods; title: Sampling issues; title: Working with scales and indices; title: Analyzing data on families; title: Using other people's data; title: Evaluating family programs; title: The ethics and politics of family research.