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• Title:Social research : an evolving process / Don G. McTavish, Herman J. Loether.
  
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• Author/Creator:McTavish, Donald G.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Loether, Herman J.
  
• Published/Created:Boston : Allyn and Bacon, ©2002.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: H62 .M337 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: H62 .M337 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Social sciences--Research.
  Social sciences--Methodology.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xiii, 354 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"Social Research: An Evolving Process, Second Edition covers quantitative and qualitative approaches and issues related to the research process in a straightforward, easily understood format. The authors of this text take a unique sociological orientation to the research process by emphasizing the social aspects of serious research, the flaws that can result, and ways to detect and correct those flaws. Their integrated approach to the subject examines research issues like ethics and gender bias throughout the book rather than isolated in a single chapter. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-340) and index.
  
• ISBN:0205337449 (alk. paper)
  9780205337446 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:The social settings of social research
  Examples of studies
  Who does social research and why
  Social factors in research
  Ethical concerns in social science research
  Conceptualization: what to measure and why
  Forming research questions
  Finding and developing measures
  Measurement techniques
  Study design: basic contrasts and plans
  Sampling and inference
  Random selection
  Nonrandom samples
  Experimental research
  Survey research
  Case study research
  Secondary data research
  Using quantitative data
  Using qualitative data Approaches to data analysis
  Quantitative and qualitative approaches
  Reporting results
  Writing the research report
  The organization of research
  Resource considerations
  Sources of funding
  Grants versus contracts
  The research proposal
  Developments and propsects
  Use of research.