Babbie, Earl R. <br/><br/>
The basics of social research / 
Earl Babbie, Chapman University. 
 - Sixth edition. 
 - Belmont, CA :  Wadsworth Cengage Learning,  [2014] 
 - xxvii, 542 p. ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-525) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Human inquiry and science -- 2. Paradigms, theory, and research -- 3. The ethics and politics of social research -- 4. Research design -- 5. Conceptualizations, operationalization, and measurement -- 6. Indexes, scales, and typologies -- 7. The logic of sampling -- 8. Experiments -- 9. Survey research -- 10. Qualitative field research -- 11. Unobstrusive research -- 12. Evaluation research -- 13. Qualitative data analysis -- 14. Quantitative data analysis -- 15. Reading and writing social research. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781133594147 (student edition : paperback)  RM548.46 113359414X (student edition : paperback) 9781133936770 (loose-leaf edition) 1133936776 (loose-leaf edition) 9781133607595 (pbk.) 1133607594 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research.<br/>Social sciences--Methodology.