01698cam a2200265Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036020001500077020001800092035002000110040005400130050001800184082001500202100002000217245005000237250001200287260004400299300003500343504006400378505079500442650003101237650003401268776013001302ocm82485898 OCoLC20230110123149.0070209s2008    at ab    b    001 0 eng d  a0495094684  a9780495094685  a(OCoLC)82485898  aNA5cNA5dYDXCPdBAKERdTXAdVRCdLGGdLNDdZAAPA00aH62bB18 200804a300.722221 aBabbie, Earl R.14aThe basics of social research /cEarl Babbie.  a4th ed.  aAustralia :bThomson/Wadsworth,cc2008.  axxiv, 550 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 525-534) and index.  aPart 1: An introduction to Inquiry: Human inquiry and science -- Paradigms, theory and research -- The ethics and politics of social research 
Part 2: The structuring of inquiry: quantitative and qualitative: Research design -- Conceptualization, operationalization and measurement -- Indexes, scales and typologies -- The logic of sampling 
Part 3: Modes of observation: Quantitative and qualitative: Experiments -- Survey research -- Qualitative field research -- Unobstrusive research -- Evaluation research 
Part 4: Analysis of data: Quantitative and qualitative: Qualitative data analysis -- Quantitative data analysis -- Reading and writing Social Research
Appendixes: Using the Library -- Random numbers -- Distribution of Chi Square -- Normal curve Areas -- Estimated sampling error 0aSocial sciencesxResearch. 0aSocial sciencesxMethodology.08iOnline version:aBabbie, Earl R.tBasics of social research.b4th ed.dAustralia : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2008w(OCoLC)647344774