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Author: Earl R. Babbie
The Fourteenth Edition of Babbie’s THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH gives students the tools they need to apply research concepts practically, as both researchers and consumers. Known as the “gold standard” for research methods, the book offers a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to the field of research as practiced by social scientists. Babbie emphasizes the research process by showing students how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering questions about research methods-such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data.
Table of Content:
- 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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