The Babbie, Earl R. creator text bibliography at Australia Thomson/Wadsworth c2008 2008 4th ed. monographic eng

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xxiv, 550 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Part 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 Earl Babbie. Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-534) and index. Social sciences Research Social sciences Methodology H62 B18 2008 300.72 Babbie, Earl R. Australia : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2008 4th ed. (OCoLC)647344774 0495094684 9780495094685 NA5 070209 20230110123149.0 ocm82485898