Social research /
Sotirios Sarantakos.
- 2nd ed.
- Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2001.
- xviii, 488 p. ; 24 cm.
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.