The practice of social research
By: Earl Babbie
Edition: 12th ed.,
Publisher: Wadsworth Cangage Learning; Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Australia; United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780495598428
Subjects: Recherche; Forschungsmethode; Sozialwissenschaften; Forschung; Empirische Sozialforschung; Research; Methodology; Methode; Social sciences; Quantitative Methode; Datenerhebung; Qualitative Methode; Demoskopie; Datenanalyse
Description: 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.
Notes: Previous edition: Belmont, Calif.: Thomson Wadsworth, 2006.

"International edition"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to inquiry; title: The structuring of inquiry: quantitative and qualitative; title: Modes of observation: quantitative and qualitative; title: Analysis of data: quantitative and qualitative.