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Social research methods / Alan Bryman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 592 p. : ill., facsims. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199264469 (pbk.) :
  • 0199264465
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 BRY
LOC classification:
  • H62
Contents:
Part one.1.Social research strategies -- 2.Research designs -- Part two. 3.The nature of quantitative research -- 4.Sampling -- 5.Structured interviewing -- 6.Self-completioni questionnaires -- 7.Asking questions -- 8.Structured observation -- 9.Content analysis -- 10.Secondary analysis and offical statistics -- 11.Quantitative data analysis -- 12.Using SPSS for windows -- Part three: 13.The nature of qualitative research -- 14.Ethnography and participant observation -- 15.Interviewing in qualitative research -- 16.Focus group -- 17.Language in qualitative research -- 18.Documents as sources of data -- 19.Qualitative data analysis -- 20.Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: using NVivo -- Part four: 21.Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide -- 22.Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- 23.E-research: using the Internet as object and method of data collection -- 24.Writing up social research --26.Doing a research project.
Summary: Now in its second edition, this textbook continues to provide students with an explanation and demonstration of the main theories and techniques in social research methods. Fully updated and now in colour, the text is accessible and well structured with real life examples and student learning aids.
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Previous ed.: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 547-565) and index.

Part one.1.Social research strategies -- 2.Research designs -- Part two. 3.The nature of quantitative research -- 4.Sampling -- 5.Structured interviewing -- 6.Self-completioni questionnaires -- 7.Asking questions -- 8.Structured observation -- 9.Content analysis -- 10.Secondary analysis and offical statistics -- 11.Quantitative data analysis -- 12.Using SPSS for windows -- Part three: 13.The nature of qualitative research -- 14.Ethnography and participant observation -- 15.Interviewing in qualitative research -- 16.Focus group -- 17.Language in qualitative research -- 18.Documents as sources of data -- 19.Qualitative data analysis -- 20.Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: using NVivo -- Part four: 21.Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide -- 22.Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- 23.E-research: using the Internet as object and method of data collection -- 24.Writing up social research --26.Doing a research project.

Now in its second edition, this textbook continues to provide students with an explanation and demonstration of the main theories and techniques in social research methods. Fully updated and now in colour, the text is accessible and well structured with real life examples and student learning aids.

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