01933cam a22003374a 4500 14631597 OSt 20210414114456.0 061113s2008 caua b 001 0 eng 2006938498 9780495094685 (pbk.) 0495094684 (pbk.) DLC DLC pcc H62.B18 Babbie, Earl R. The basics of social research. / Earl Babbie. 4th ed. Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2008. 550 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes glossary, references and index. 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. 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). Social sciences Research. Social sciences Methodology. Babbie's research writer CD-ROM. 7 cbc origcop 3 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 5654 13154 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 REF 2015-07-21 0 H62.B18 7916/343/15 2015-07-21 00:00:00 2015-07-21 BK