LEADER 04517cam a22004817a 4500001 16703707 005 20151111201232.0 008 110323t20132010caua b 001 0 eng d 003 hubpceuo 010 2011925964 015 GBB1C6403 |2bnb 016 7 015959526 |2Uk 020 1133049796 020 9781133049791 020 1133050093 (pbk.) 020 9781133050094 (pbk.) 035 (OCoLC)ocn759584631 040 UKMGB |beng |cUKMGB |dDEBBG |dUPM |dYDXCP |dBWX |dFER |dIXA |dA7U |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dDLC 042 lccopycat 050 00 H62 |b.B2 2013 082 04 300.721 |223 100 1 Babbie, Earl R. 242 |yEnglish 245 14 The practice of social research / |cEarl Babbie, Chapman University. 250 Thirteenth edition. 260 Wadsworth : |bCengage Learning, |c2013. 300 xxiii, 584 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm. 337 unmediated 500 Previous edition: 2010. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-575) and index. 505 0 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. 520 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 -- 650 0 Social sciences |xResearch |xMethodology. 650 4 Social sciences |xResearch |xMethodology. 906 7 |bcbc |ccopycat |d2 |encip |f20 |gy-gencatlg 942 |2ddc |cBK 955 |brm08 2015-01-09 z-processor |irm06 2015-01-16 to CALM (Telework) 955 pc22 2011-03-23 |ixj99 2012-05-15 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6300_721000000000000_BAB |70 |8REF |946408OSA |bOSA |d2015-02-27 |eOSA |l0 |o300.721 BAB |r2015-02-27 |w2015-02-27 |yBK |cReference 920 01 KXMKA9e7 992 01 300_721000000000000_BAB |bWZZ_SXYZZZZZZZZZZZZ_OPO 966 |cIn the Research Room