Surveys in social research /
D.A. de Vaus
- 5th ed.
- Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002
- xviii, 379 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Detailed contents. - Boxes, figures, web pointers and tables. - Preface. - Pt. I. The scope of survey research. 1. The nature of surveys. 2. Theory and social research. 3. Formulating and clarifying research questions. - Pt. II. Collecting survey data. 4. Developing indicators for concepts. 5. Ethics and data collection. 6. Finding a sample. 7. Constructing questionnaires. 8. Administering questionnaires. - Pt. III. Setting up the data for analysis. 9. Coding. 10. Preparing variables for analysis. 11. Building scales. - Pt IV. Analysing survey data. 12. Overview of analysis. 13. Univariate. 14. Bivariate analysis : norminal and ordinal variables. 15. Bivariate analysis for interval-level variables. 16. Elaborating bivariate relationships. 17. Multivariate analysis. 18. Putting it into practice : a research example. - Glossary. - Biblography. - Index.