Essentials of research methods : a guide to social science research /
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| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
c2005.
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Table of Contents:
- When should we trust what we know? : why research methods?
- Ethics : it's the right thing to do
- Some perfectly valid points : measurement, internal and external validity
- Measure by measure : making the abstract concrete
- If it glitters is it gold? : assessing measures
- One thing leads to another : causal analysis
- Designing ideas : research strategies
- An informative few : sampling
- Our inquisitive nature : the questionnaire
- Talking heads : the interview
- Watch and learn : field research
- Getting organized : descriptive statistics
- Beyond description : inferential statistics.