Investigating the social world : the process and practice of research

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Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND SOCIAL RESEARCH LEARNING ABOUT THE SOCIAL WORLD THE SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACH SOCIAL RESEARCH GOALS STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS Chapter 2. THE PROCESS AND PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS SOCIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS SOCIAL RESEARCH STRATEGIES SOCIAL RESEARCH ETHICS SOCIAL RESEARCH PROPOSALS, PART I CONCLUSIONS Chapter 3. THEORIES AND PHILOSOPHIES FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH THE ORIGINS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL RESEARCH PHILOSOPHIES EXTENDING SOCIAL SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS CONCLUSIONS Chapter 4. CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS MEASUREMENT OPERATIONS LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT EVALUATING MEASURES CONCLUSIONS Chapter 5. SAMPLING SAMPLE PLANNING SAMPLING METHODS SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS CONCLUSIONS Chapter 6. CAUSATION AND RESEARCH DESIGN TIME ORDER AND RESEARCH DESIGN UNITS OF ANALYSIS AND ERRORS IN CAUSAL REASONING THE MEANING OF EXPLANATION RESEARCH DESIGNS AND CRITERIA FOR CAUSAL EXPLANATION CONCLUSIONS Chapter 7. EXPERIMENTS TRUE EXPERIMENTS QUASI-EXPERIMENTS NON-EXPERIMENTS VALIDITY IN EXPERIMENTS COMBINING METHODS ETHICAL ISSUES IN EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS Chapter 8. SURVEY RESEARCH SURVEY RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES WRITING QUESTIONS DESIGNING QUESTIONNAIRES ORGANIZING SURVEYS COMBINING METHODS ETHICAL ISSUES IN SURVEY RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS Chapter 9. QUALITATIVE METHODS: OBSERVING, PARTICIPATING, LISTENING FUNDAMENTALS OF QUALITATIVE METHODS PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION INTENSIVE INTERVIEWING FOCUS GROUPS ETHICAL ISSUES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS Chapter 10. EVALUATION RESEARCH BACKGROUND EVALUATION BASICS EVALUATION FOCI DESIGN ALTERNATIVES ETHICS IN EVALUATION CONCLUSIONS Chapter 11. HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE METHODS OVERVIEW OF COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL METHODS HISTORICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS COMPARATIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES SPECIAL TECHNIQUES SECONDARY DATA SOURCES ETHICAL ISSUES IN COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL RESEARCH NEW REFERENCES Chapter 12. DATA ANALYSIS INTRODUCING STATISTICS PREPARING DATA FOR ANALYSIS DISPLAYING UNIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS SUMMARIZING UNIVARIATE DISTRIBUTIONS ANALYZING DATA ETHICALLY: HOW NOT TO LIE WITH STATISTICS CROSSTABULATING VARIABLES REGRESSING VARIABLES ANALYZING DATA ETHICALLY: HOW NOT TO LIE ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS CONCLUSIONS Chapter 13. QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS AND CONTENT ANALYSIS FEATURES OF QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OF QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS ALTERNATIVES IN QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS COMPUTER ASSISTED QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS CONTENT ANALYSIS ETHICS IN QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS CONCLUSIONS Chapter 14. Reporting Research Proposing New Research, Part II Case Study: Treating Substance Abuse Comparing Research Designs Writing Research Reporting Research Ethics. Politics and Research Reports Conclusions REFERENCES APPENDIX A: SUMMARIES OF FREQUENTLY CITED RESEARCH ARTICLES APPENDIX B: QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT A RESEARCH ARTICLE APPENDIX C: HOW TO READ A RESEARCH ARTICLE APPENDIX D: FINDING INFORMATION APPENDIX E: TABLE OF RANDOM NUMBERS APPENDIX F: HOW TO USE A STATISTICAL PACKAGE APPENDIX G: HOW TO USE A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS PACKAGE APPENDIX H: ANNOTATED LIST OF WEB SITES

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