Babbie, Earl R. <br/><br/>
The practice of social research / 
 Social research 
Earl Babbie. 
 - 14 ed. 
 - Boston:  Cengage Learning  c2016 
 - xxiv, 566 pages :  color illustrations ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references  (pages 535-548) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Eng. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781305104945  TZS102468/= 1305104943 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.72 BAB