Babbie, Earl R. <br/><br/>
The basics of social research. / 
Earl Babbie. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - Belmont, CA :  Thomson Wadsworth,  c2008. 
 - 550 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes glossary, references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: An introduction to inquiry: Human inquiry and science -- Paradigms, theory, and research -- The ethics and politics of social research -- The structuring of inquiry: Quantitative and qualitative: Research design -- Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement -- Indexes, scales, and typologies -- The logic of sampling -- Modes of observation: Quantitative and qualitative: Experiments -- Survey research -- Qualitative field research -- Unobtrusive research -- Evaluation research -- 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.  
<br/><br/><br/>System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98+/Mac OS 8.1+; Internet Explorer 5.0+/Netscape 4.77+; Pentium III 450 MHz/G3 or later; 32MB RAM processor (64MB recommended). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780495094685 (pbk.) 0495094684 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006938498 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research.<br/>Social sciences--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H62.B18