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100	1		_aBabbie, Earl R.
245	1	4	_aThe basics of social research. / _cEarl Babbie.
250			_a4th ed.
260			_aBelmont, CA : _bThomson Wadsworth, _cc2008.
300			_a550 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes glossary, references and index.
505			_aContents: 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.
538			_aSystem 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).
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch.
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xMethodology.
740	0	2	_aBabbie's research writer CD-ROM.
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