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Social research / Sotirios Sarantakos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2001.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 488 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780333738689 (pbk.) :
  • 0333738683 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 SAR
LOC classification:
  • H61 .S32 2001
Contents:
1.Introduction -- 2.Varieties of social research -- 3.Measurement and scaling -- 4.The research process -- 5.Initiating social research -- 6.Sampling procedures -- 7.Methods of data collection: experiments and focus groups -- 8.Field research and grounded theory -- 9.Observation -- 10.Surveys: mail questionnaires -- 11.Surveys: interviewing -- 12.Indirect methods of data collection -- 13.Data collection -- 14.Analysis and itnerpretation -- 15.Data presentation -- 16.Central tendency and dispersion -- 17.Associations -- 18.Tests of significance -- 19.Reporting.
Summary: Now revised and expanded, this introduction to social research is designed for students undertaking courses in the social sciences and related disciplines.
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Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 300.72 SAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 117768
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 300.72 SAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 113385

Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-482) and index.

1.Introduction -- 2.Varieties of social research -- 3.Measurement and scaling -- 4.The research process -- 5.Initiating social research -- 6.Sampling procedures -- 7.Methods of data collection: experiments and focus groups -- 8.Field research and grounded theory -- 9.Observation -- 10.Surveys: mail questionnaires -- 11.Surveys: interviewing -- 12.Indirect methods of data collection -- 13.Data collection -- 14.Analysis and itnerpretation -- 15.Data presentation -- 16.Central tendency and dispersion -- 17.Associations -- 18.Tests of significance -- 19.Reporting.

Now revised and expanded, this introduction to social research is designed for students undertaking courses in the social sciences and related disciplines.

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