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The Basics of Social Research. (Record no. 188318)

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International Standard Book Number 9781305856318
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System control number (Au-PeEL)EBL6457918
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 300.72
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Babbie, Earl.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Basics of Social Research.
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Edition statement 7th ed.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Cengage,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2016.
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Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2017.
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Extent 1 online resource (560 pages)
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Cover -- Half Title -- A Note from the Author -- Title -- Statement -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents in Brief -- Contents -- Boxed Features -- Preface -- A Letter to Students from This Book -- Ch 1: Human Inquiry and Science -- Ch 1: Learning Objectives -- Ch 1: Introduction -- Looking for Reality -- The Foundations of Social Science -- Some Dialectics of Social Research -- Ch 1: Main Points -- Ch 1: Key Terms -- Ch 1: Proposing Social Research: Introduction -- Ch 1: Review Questions -- Ch 2: Paradigms, Theory, and Research -- Ch 2: Learning Objectives -- Ch 2: Introduction -- Some Social Science Paradigms -- Two Logical Systems Revisited -- Deductive Theory Construction -- Inductive Theory Construction -- The Links Between Theory and Research -- The Importance of Theory in the "Real World" -- Research Ethics and Theory -- Ch 2: Main Points -- Ch 2: Key Terms -- Ch 2: Proposing Social Research: Theory -- Ch 2: Review Questions -- Ch 3: The Ethics and Politics of Social Research -- Ch 3: Learning Objectives -- Ch 3: Introduction -- Ethical Issues in Social Research -- Two Ethical Controversies -- The Politics of Social Research -- Ch 3: Main Points -- Ch 3: Key Terms -- Ch 3: Proposing Social Research: Ethical Issues -- Ch 3: Review Questions -- Ch 4: Research Design -- Ch 4: Learning Objectives -- Ch 4: Introduction -- Three Purposes of Research -- Idiographic Explanation -- The Logic of Nomothetic Explanation -- Necessary and Sufficient Causes -- Units of Analysis -- The Time Dimension -- Mixed Modes -- How to Design a Research Project -- The Research Proposal -- The Ethics of Research Design -- Ch 4: Main Points -- Ch 4: Key Terms -- Ch 4: Proposing Social Research: Design -- Ch 4: Review Questions -- Ch 5: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement -- Ch 5: Learning Objectives -- Ch 5: Introduction.
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Formatted contents note Measuring Anything that Exists -- Conceptualization -- Definitions in Descriptive and Explanatory Studies -- Operationalization Choices -- Criteria of Measurement Quality -- The Ethics of Measurement -- Ch 5: Main Points -- Ch 5: Key Terms -- Ch 5: Proposing Social Research: Measurement -- Ch 5: Review Questions -- Ch 6: Indexes, Scales, and Typologies -- Ch 6: Learning Objectives -- Ch 6: Introduction -- Indexes versus Scales -- Index Construction -- Scale Construction -- Typologies -- Ch 6: Main points -- Ch 6: Key Terms -- Ch 6: Proposing Social Research: Composite Measures -- Ch 6: Review Questions -- Ch 7: The Logic of Sampling -- Ch 7: Learning Objectives -- Ch 7: Introduction -- A Brief History of Sampling -- Nonprobability Sampling -- The Logic and Techniques of Probability Sampling -- Populations and Sampling Frames -- Types of Sampling Designs -- Multistage Cluster Sampling -- Probability Sampling in Review -- The Ethics of Sampling -- Ch 7: Main Points -- Ch 7: Key Terms -- Ch 7: Proposing Social Research: Sampling -- Ch 7: Review Questions -- Ch 8: Experiments -- Ch 8: Learning Objectives -- Ch 8: Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Experiments -- The Classical Experiment -- Selecting Subjects -- Variations on Experimental Design -- Examples of Experimentation -- Web-Based Experiments -- "Natural" Experiments -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Experimental Method -- Ethics and Experiments -- Ch 8: Main Points -- Ch 8: Key Terms -- Ch 8: Proposing Social Research: Experiments -- Ch 8: Review Questions -- Ch 9: Survey Research -- Ch 9: Learning Objectives -- Ch 9: Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Survey Research -- Guidelines for Asking Questions -- Questionnaire Construction -- Self-Administered Questionnaires -- Interview Surveys -- Telephone Surveys -- Online Surveys -- Mixed-Mode Surveys.
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Formatted contents note Comparison of the Different Survey Methods -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Survey Research -- Secondary Analysis -- Ethics and Survey Research -- Ch 9: Main Points -- Ch 9: Key Terms -- Ch 9: Proposing Social Research: Survey Research -- Ch 9: Review Questions -- Ch 10: Qualitative Field Research -- Ch 10: Learning Objectives -- Ch 10: Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Field Research -- Special Considerations in Qualitative Field Research -- Some Qualitative Field Research Paradigms -- Conducting Qualitative Field Research -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Qualitative Field Research -- Ethics in Qualitative Field Research -- Ch 10: Main Points -- Ch 10: Key Terms -- Ch 10: Proposing Social Research: Field Research -- Ch 10: Review Questions -- Ch 11: Unobtrusive Research -- Ch 11: Learning Objectives -- Ch 11: Introduction -- Content Analysis -- Analyzing Existing Statistics -- Comparative and Historical Research -- Ethics and Unobtrusive Measures -- Ch 11: Main Points -- Ch 11: Key Terms -- Ch 11: Proposing Social Research: Unobtrusive Measures -- Ch 11: Review Questions -- Ch 12: Evaluation Research -- Ch 12: Learning Objectives -- Ch 12: Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Evaluation Research -- Formulating the Problem: Issues of Measurement -- Types of Evaluation Research Designs -- Social Indicators Research -- Ethics and Evaluation Research -- Ch 12: Main Points -- Ch 12: Key Terms -- Ch 12: Proposing Social Research: Evaluation Research -- Ch 12: Review Questions -- Ch 13: Qualitative Data Analysis -- Ch 13: Learning Objectives -- Ch 13: Introduction -- Linking Theory and Analysis -- Qualitative Data Processing -- Computer Programs for Qualitative Data -- The Qualitative Analysis of Quantitative Data -- Evaluating the Quality of Qualitative Research -- Ethics and Qualitative Data Analysis -- Ch 13: Main Points -- Ch 13: Key Terms.
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Formatted contents note Ch 13: Proposing Social Research: Qualitative Data Analysis -- Ch 13: Review Questions -- Ch 14: Quantitative Data Analysis -- Ch 14: Learning Objectives -- Ch 14: Introduction -- Quantification of Data -- Univariate Analysis -- Subgroup Comparisons -- Bivariate Analysis -- Introduction to Multivariate Analysis -- Sociological Diagnostics -- Ethics and Quantitative Data Analysis -- Ch 14: Main Points -- Ch 14: Key Terms -- Ch 14: Proposing Social Research: Quantitative Data Analysis -- Ch 14: Review Questions -- Ch 15: Reading and Writing Social Research -- Ch 15: Learning Objectives -- Ch 15: Introduction -- Reading Social Research -- Writing Social Research -- The Ethics of Reading and Writing Social Research -- Ch 15: Main points -- Ch 15: Key Terms -- Ch 15: Proposing Social Research: Putting the Proposal Together -- Ch 15: Review Questions -- Appendixes -- A: Using the Library -- B: Random Numbers -- C: Distribution of Chi Square -- D: Normal Curve Areas -- E: Estimated Sampling Error -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
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Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Babbie, Earl
Title The Basics of Social Research
Place, publisher, and date of publication Boston : Cengage,c2016
International Standard Book Number 9781305503076
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