(The) Basics of social research
Earl Babbie
- 6th ed.
- New Delhi Cengage Learning c2014
- xxvii, 542 P.B
Part One: An introduction to Inquiry
1. Human Inquiry and Science 2. Paradigms, Theory, and Research 3. The Ethics and Politics of Social Research Part Two: The Structuring of Inquiry 4. Research Design 5. Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement 6. Indexes, Scales, and Typologies 7. The Logic of Sampling Part Three: Modes of Observation 8. Experiments 9. Survey Research 10. Qualitative Field Research 11. Unobtrusive Research 12. Evaluation Research Part Four: Analysis of Data 13. Qualitative Data Analysis 14. Quantitative Data Analysis 15. Reading and Writing Social Research