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Babbie, Earl R.

The practice of social research / Social research Earl Babbie, - 14th ed. - xxiv, 566 p.: color illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-548) and index.

An introduction to inquiry: Human inquiry and science ; Paradigms, theory, and social research ; The ethics and politics of social research -- The structuring of inquiry : quantitative and qualitative: Research design ; Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement ; Indexes, scales, and typologies ; The logic of sampling -- Modes of operation : quantitative and qualitative: Experiments ; Survey research ; Qualitative field research ; Unobtrusive research ; Evaluation research -- Analysis of data : quantitative and qualitative: Qualitative data analysis ; Quantitative data analysis ; The logic of multivariate analysis ; Statistical analyses ; Reading and writing social research.

ISBN: 9781305104945 Tzs 239,558/= 1305104943

LCCN: 2014944053

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.
Social sciences--Methodology.
Social sciences--Research.

LC Class. No.: H62 / .B2 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 300.72 BAB / 1