The practice of social research /
Babbie, Earl R.
The practice of social research / Earl Babbie. - 10th ed. - Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2004. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A text for an undergraduate course. Learning features include main points, key terms, review questions and exercises, and Internet activities, as well as unique "holographic overviews," presenting the whole book in one sentence, in a paragraph, in a page, and finally with a few paragraphs per chapter. This ninth edition strengthens treatment of qualitative methods, with material on major paradigms used today, a new chapter on qualitative data analysis, combined presentation of conceptualization and operationalization, and a new appendix on SPSS 8.0. The author is affiliated with Chapman University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
0534620280
2002112001
Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.
H62 / .B2 2004
300.72 BAB
The practice of social research / Earl Babbie. - 10th ed. - Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2004. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A text for an undergraduate course. Learning features include main points, key terms, review questions and exercises, and Internet activities, as well as unique "holographic overviews," presenting the whole book in one sentence, in a paragraph, in a page, and finally with a few paragraphs per chapter. This ninth edition strengthens treatment of qualitative methods, with material on major paradigms used today, a new chapter on qualitative data analysis, combined presentation of conceptualization and operationalization, and a new appendix on SPSS 8.0. The author is affiliated with Chapman University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
0534620280
2002112001
Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.
H62 / .B2 2004
300.72 BAB