Methods of Social Research

Abstract

Part I: Shaping A Research Problem. 1. Introduction to Social Research. 2: Concepts, Hypotheses, and Theories in Research. 3: Ethical Issues in Social Research. 4: Problem Formulation and Research Design Development. Part II: Measurement And Sampling. 5: The Process of Measurement. 6: Constructing Questions, Indexes, and Scales. 7: Sampling. Part III: Common Research Designs. 8: Experimental Research . 9: Survey Research. 10: Unobtrusive and Available Data Research. 11: Field Research and Qualitative Methods. 12: Evaluation Research. Part IV: Data Preparation And Analysis. 13: Data Preparation And Presentation. 14: Descriptive And Inferential Statistics. 15: Analysis of Qualitative Data. Part V: Putting Research Findings To Use. 16: Research Grant Proposals and Report Writing. 17: Applications of Social Research. Appendix A: Guide to the Library. Appendix B: Generating Random Numbers. Glossary. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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