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The Practice of Social Research.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mason, OH : Cengage Learning, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 14th edDescription: 1 online resource (594 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473732315
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Practice of Social ResearchDDC classification:
  • 300.72
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Dedication -- Contents in Brief -- Contents in Detail -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: An Introduction to Inquiry -- Ch 1: Human Inquiry and Science -- Introduction -- Looking for Reality -- The Foundations of Social Science -- The Purposes of Social Research -- Some Dialectics of Social Research -- The Research Proposal -- Ch 2: Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research -- Introduction -- Some Social Science Paradigms -- Elements of Social Theory -- Two Logical Systems Revisited -- Deductive Theory Construction -- Inductive Theory Construction -- The Links between Theory and Research -- Research Ethics and Theory -- Ch 3: The Ethics and Politics of Social Research -- Introduction -- Ethical Issues in Social Research -- Two Ethical Controversies -- The Politics of Social Research -- Part 2: The Structuring of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative -- Ch 4: Research Design -- Introduction -- Three Purposes of Research -- Idiographic Explanation -- Nomothetic Explanation -- Necessary and Sufficient Causes -- Units of Analysis -- The Time Dimension -- Mixed Modes -- How to Design a Research Project -- The Research Proposal -- Ch 5: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement -- Introduction -- Measuring Anything That Exists -- Conceptualization -- Definitions in Descriptive and Explanatory Studies -- Operationalization Choices -- Criteria of Measurement Quality -- The Ethics of Measurement -- Ch 6: Indexes, Scales, and Typologies -- Introduction -- Indexes versus Scales -- Index Construction -- Scale Construction -- Typologies -- Ch 7: The Logic of Sampling -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Sampling -- Nonprobability Sampling -- The Theory and Logic of Probability Sampling -- Populations and Sampling Frames -- Types of Sampling Designs -- Multistage Cluster Sampling -- Probability Sampling in Review.
The Ethics of Sampling -- Part 3: Modes of Observation: Quantitative and Qualitative -- Ch 8: Experiments -- Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Experiments -- The Classical Experiment -- Selecting Subjects -- Variations on Experimental Design -- An Illustration of Experimentation -- Alternative Experimental Settings -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Experimental Method -- Ethics and Experiments -- Ch 9: Survey Research -- Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Survey Research -- Guidelines for Asking Questions -- Questionnaire Construction -- Self-Administered Questionnaires -- Interview Surveys -- Telephone Surveys -- Online Surveys -- Mixed-Mode Surveys -- Comparison of the Different Survey Methods -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Survey Research -- Secondary Analysis -- Ethics and Survey Research -- Ch 10: Qualitative Field Research -- 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 and Qualitative Field Research -- Ch 11: Unobtrusive Research -- Introduction -- Content Analysis -- Analyzing Existing Statistics -- Comparative and Historical Research -- Unobtrusive Online Research -- Ethics and Unobtrusive Measures -- Ch 12: Evaluation Research -- Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Evaluation Research -- Formulating the Problem: Issues of Measurement -- Types of Evaluation Research Designs -- The Social Context -- Social Indicators Research -- Ethics and Evaluation Research -- Part 4: Analysis of Data: Quantitative and Qualitative -- Ch 13: Qualitative Data Analysis -- 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 14: Quantitative Data Analysis -- Introduction -- Quantification of Data -- Univariate Analysis -- Subgroup Comparisons -- Bivariate Analysis -- Ethics and Quantitative Data Analysis -- Ch 15: The Logic of Multivariate Analysis -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Elaboration Model -- The Elaboration Paradigm -- Elaboration and Ex Post Facto Hypothesizing -- Sociological Diagnostics -- Ch 16: Statistical Analyses -- Introduction -- Descriptive Statistics -- Inferential Statistics -- Other Multivariate Techniques -- Ch 17: Reading and Writing Social Research -- Introduction -- Reading Social Research -- Using the Internet Wisely -- Writing Social Research -- The Ethics of Reading and Writing Social Research -- Appendixes -- 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 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Cover -- Dedication -- Contents in Brief -- Contents in Detail -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: An Introduction to Inquiry -- Ch 1: Human Inquiry and Science -- Introduction -- Looking for Reality -- The Foundations of Social Science -- The Purposes of Social Research -- Some Dialectics of Social Research -- The Research Proposal -- Ch 2: Paradigms, Theory, and Social Research -- Introduction -- Some Social Science Paradigms -- Elements of Social Theory -- Two Logical Systems Revisited -- Deductive Theory Construction -- Inductive Theory Construction -- The Links between Theory and Research -- Research Ethics and Theory -- Ch 3: The Ethics and Politics of Social Research -- Introduction -- Ethical Issues in Social Research -- Two Ethical Controversies -- The Politics of Social Research -- Part 2: The Structuring of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative -- Ch 4: Research Design -- Introduction -- Three Purposes of Research -- Idiographic Explanation -- Nomothetic Explanation -- Necessary and Sufficient Causes -- Units of Analysis -- The Time Dimension -- Mixed Modes -- How to Design a Research Project -- The Research Proposal -- Ch 5: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement -- Introduction -- Measuring Anything That Exists -- Conceptualization -- Definitions in Descriptive and Explanatory Studies -- Operationalization Choices -- Criteria of Measurement Quality -- The Ethics of Measurement -- Ch 6: Indexes, Scales, and Typologies -- Introduction -- Indexes versus Scales -- Index Construction -- Scale Construction -- Typologies -- Ch 7: The Logic of Sampling -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Sampling -- Nonprobability Sampling -- The Theory and Logic of Probability Sampling -- Populations and Sampling Frames -- Types of Sampling Designs -- Multistage Cluster Sampling -- Probability Sampling in Review.

The Ethics of Sampling -- Part 3: Modes of Observation: Quantitative and Qualitative -- Ch 8: Experiments -- Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Experiments -- The Classical Experiment -- Selecting Subjects -- Variations on Experimental Design -- An Illustration of Experimentation -- Alternative Experimental Settings -- Strengths and Weaknesses of the Experimental Method -- Ethics and Experiments -- Ch 9: Survey Research -- Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Survey Research -- Guidelines for Asking Questions -- Questionnaire Construction -- Self-Administered Questionnaires -- Interview Surveys -- Telephone Surveys -- Online Surveys -- Mixed-Mode Surveys -- Comparison of the Different Survey Methods -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Survey Research -- Secondary Analysis -- Ethics and Survey Research -- Ch 10: Qualitative Field Research -- 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 and Qualitative Field Research -- Ch 11: Unobtrusive Research -- Introduction -- Content Analysis -- Analyzing Existing Statistics -- Comparative and Historical Research -- Unobtrusive Online Research -- Ethics and Unobtrusive Measures -- Ch 12: Evaluation Research -- Introduction -- Topics Appropriate for Evaluation Research -- Formulating the Problem: Issues of Measurement -- Types of Evaluation Research Designs -- The Social Context -- Social Indicators Research -- Ethics and Evaluation Research -- Part 4: Analysis of Data: Quantitative and Qualitative -- Ch 13: Qualitative Data Analysis -- 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 14: Quantitative Data Analysis -- Introduction -- Quantification of Data -- Univariate Analysis -- Subgroup Comparisons -- Bivariate Analysis -- Ethics and Quantitative Data Analysis -- Ch 15: The Logic of Multivariate Analysis -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Elaboration Model -- The Elaboration Paradigm -- Elaboration and Ex Post Facto Hypothesizing -- Sociological Diagnostics -- Ch 16: Statistical Analyses -- Introduction -- Descriptive Statistics -- Inferential Statistics -- Other Multivariate Techniques -- Ch 17: Reading and Writing Social Research -- Introduction -- Reading Social Research -- Using the Internet Wisely -- Writing Social Research -- The Ethics of Reading and Writing Social Research -- Appendixes -- 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 -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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