Constructing social research
Subtitle: the unity and diversity of method
By: Charles C. Ragin and Lisa Amoroso.
Contributors: Amoroso, Lisa.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Sociology for a new century series
Publisher: Pine Forge Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications; SAGE Publications, Inc
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781412960182
Subjects: Social sciences -- Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is (and is not) social research?; title: The goals of social research; title: The process of social research: ideas and evidence; title: The ethics of social research; title: Using qualitative methods to study commonalities; title: Using comparative methods to study diversity; title: Using quantitative methods to study covariation.