04508cam a22004577a 4500 128 128 16703707 OSt 20231004100808.0 110323t20132010caua b 001 0 eng d 2011925964 GBB1C6403 bnb 015959526 Uk 1133049796 9781133049791 1133050093 (pbk.) 9781133050094 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn759584631 UKMGB eng UKMGB DEBBG UPM YDXCP BWX FER IXA A7U OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO DLC lccopycat H62 .B2 2013 300.721 23 MR 2000 rvk SOZ 710f stub Babbie, Earl R. The practice of social research Earl Babbie, Chapman University. Thirteenth edition. xxiii, 584 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Previous edition: 2010. Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-575) and index. Note continued: Evaluating the Quality of Qualitative Research -- Ethics and Qualitative Data Analysis -- ch. 14 Quantitative Data Analysis -- Introduction -- Quantification of Data -- Developing Code Categories -- Codebook Construction -- Data Entry -- Univariate Analysis -- Distributions -- Central Tendency -- Dispersion -- Continuous and Discrete Variables -- Detail versus Manageability -- Subgroup Comparisons -- "Collapsing" Response Categories -- Handling "Don't Knows" -- Numerical Descriptions in Qualitative Research -- Bivariate Analysis -- Percentaging a Table -- Constructing and Reading Bivariate Tables -- Introduction to Multivariate Analysis -- Sociological Diagnostics -- Ethics and Quantitative Data Analysis -- ch. 15 The Logic of Multivariate Analysis -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Elaboration Model -- The Elaboration Paradigm -- Replication -- Explanation -- Interpretation -- Specification -- Refinements to the Paradigm -- Elaboration and Ex Post Facto Hypothesizing -- ch. 16 Statistical Analyses -- Introduction -- Descriptive Statistics -- Data Reduction -- Measures of Association -- Regression Analysis -- Inferential Statistics -- Univariate Inferences -- Tests of Statistical Significance -- The Logic of Statistical Significance -- Chi Square -- t-Test -- Some Words of Caution -- Other Multivariate Techniques -- Path Analysis -- Time-Series Analysis -- Factor Analysis -- Analysis of Variance -- Discriminant Analysis -- Log-Linear Models -- Odds-Ratio Analysis -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- ch. 17 Reading and Writing Social Research -- Introduction -- Reading Social Research -- Organizing a Review of the Literature -- Reading Journals versus Books -- Evaluating Research Reports -- Using the Internet Wisely -- Some Useful Websites -- Searching the Web -- Evaluating the Quality of Internet Materials -- Citing Internet Materials -- Writing Social Research -- Some Basic Considerations -- Organization of the Report -- Guidelines for Reporting Analyses -- Going Public -- The Ethics of Reading and Writing Social Research -- Appendixes -- A. Using the Library -- B. GSS Household Enumeration Questionnaire -- C. Random Numbers -- D. Distribution of Chi Square -- E. Normal Curve Areas -- F. Estimated Sampling Error. A straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Thirteenth Edition of Babbie's "gold-standard" text gives you the tools you need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. Babbie emphasizes the process by showing you how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering critical questions about research methods--such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data -- Social sciences Research Methodology. Social sciences Research Methodology. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2011925964-t.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2011925964-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1506/2011925964-b.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC 40404 40404 GEN 2015-09-17 4 H62 .B2 2013 20090802 2023-03-16 00:00:00 2020-03-13 2015-09-17 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 40404 40404 2016-05-25 0 H62 .B2 2013 20157101 2016-05-25 00:00:00 2016-05-25 BK