TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Vaus,D.A.
TI  - Surveys in social research
T2  - Social research today
SN  - 9780415530187 (pbk.) :
AV  - HN29 .D454 2014
U1  - 300.723 DEV 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social surveys
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Sociology
KW  - thema
KW  - Social research & statistics
N1  - Previous ed.: 2002; Includes bibliographical references and index; The Scope of Survey Research The Nature of Surveys Theory and Social Research Formulating and Clarifying Research Questions Collecting Survey Data Developing Indicators for Concepts Ethics and Data Collection Finding a Sample Constructing Questionnaires Administering Questionnaires Setting Up the Data for Analysis Coding Preparing Variables for Analysis Building Scales Analysing Survey Data Overview of Analysis Univariate Analysis Bivariate Analysis: Nominal and Ordinal Variables Bivariate Analysis for Interval-Level Variables Elaborate Bivariate Relationships Multivariate Analysis Putting It into Practice: A Research Example Glossary Bibliography
N2  - As well as explaining how to conduct effective social research surveys the author provides a range of tools to enable the reader to become a critical consumer of research findings
ER  -