The Babbie, Earl R. creator text bibliography cau Belmont, CA Thomson Wadsworth c2008 2008 4th ed. monographic eng

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550 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. Earl Babbie. Includes glossary, references and index. 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 H62.B18 9780495094685 (pbk.) 0495094684 (pbk.) 2006938498 DLC 061113 20210414114456.0 14631597