The Basics of Social Research, 4th Edition

Earl R. Babbie - Chapman University

ISBN-10: 0495094684  ISBN-13: 9780495094685

576 Pages   Paperbound

© 2008     Published

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Table of Contents

Part One: An Introduction to Inquiry.
1: Human Inquiry and Science.
2: Paradigms, Theory, and Research.
3: The Ethics and Politics of Social Research.
Part Two: The Structuring of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative.
4: Research Design.
5: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement.
6: Indexes, Scales, and Typologies.
7: The Logic of Sampling.
Part Three: Modes of Observation: Quantitative and Qualitative.
8: Experiments.
9: Survey Research.
10: Qualitative Field Research.
11: Unobtrusive Research.
12: Evaluation Research.
Part Four: Analysis of Data: Quantitative and Qualitative.
13: Qualitative Data Analysis.
14: Quantitative Data Analysis.
15: Reading and Writing Social Research.
Appendix A. Using the Library.
Appendix B. Random Numbers.
Appendix C. Distribution of Chi Square.
Appendix D. Normal Curve Areas.
Appendix E. Estimated Sampling Error.