The Practice of Social Research
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The Practice of Social Research

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Practice of Social Research

About this book

Known as the gold standard for research methods, Babbie's THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH gives you a definitive guide to research as practiced by social scientists. Combining a straightforward approach with the author's renowned sense of humor, this student-friendly text equips you with the tools and knowledge to apply research concepts as both researcher and consumer. The author emphasizes the process by showing you how to design and construct projects, introducing today's various observation modes and answering critical questions about research methods, such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data. The 15th Edition includes the latest General Social Survey findings along with new coverage of the global use of social research, the emerging role of big data, demographic analysis and more. Also available: MindTap digital learning solution.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. A Note from the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents in Brief
  5. Contens in Detail
  6. Boxed Features
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. A Letter to Students from This Book
  10. Chapter 1: Human Inquiry and Science
  11. Chapter 2: Paradigms, Theory, and Research
  12. Chapter 3: The Ethics and Politics of Social Research
  13. Chapter 4: Research Design
  14. Chapter 5: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement
  15. Chapter 6: Index, Scales, and Typologies
  16. Chapter 7: The Logic of Sampling
  17. Chapter 8: Experiments
  18. Chapter 9: Survey Research
  19. Chapter 10: Qualitative Field Research
  20. Chapter 11: Unobtrusive Research
  21. Chapter 12: Evaluation Research
  22. Chapter 13: Qualitative Data Analysis
  23. Chapter 14: Quantitative Data Analysis
  24. Chapter 15: The Logic of Multivariate Analysis
  25. Chapter 16: Social Statistics
  26. Chapter 17: Reading and Writing Social Research
  27. Appendixe A: Using the Library
  28. Appendixe B: Random Numbers
  29. Appendixe C: Distribution of Chi Square
  30. Appendixe D: Normal Curve Areas
  31. Appendixe E: Estimated Sampling Error
  32. Glossary
  33. Bibliography
  34. Index