TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sarantakos,S.
TI  - Social research
SN  - 9780333738689 (pbk.) :
AV  - H61 .S32 2001
U1  - 300.72 SAR 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Research
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Social research & statistics
KW  - thema
KW  - Feminism & feminist theory
N1  - 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
N2  - Now revised and expanded, this introduction to social research is designed for students undertaking courses in the social sciences and related disciplines
ER  -