| Description |
xxii, 599 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Before You Start -- 1. Real World Enquiry -- 2. Approaches to Social Research -- 3. Developing Your Ideas -- Pt. II. Designing the Enquiry -- 4. General Design Issues -- 5. Fixed Designs -- 6. Flexible Designs -- 7. Designs for Particular Purposes: Evaluation, Action and Change -- Pt. III. Tactics: The Methods of Data Collection -- 8. Surveys and Questionnaires -- 9. Interviews -- 10. Tests and Scales -- 11. Observational Methods -- 12. Additional Methods of Data Collection -- Pt. IV. Dealing with the Data -- 13. The Analysis of Quantitative Data -- 14. The Analysis of Qualitative Data -- 15. Reporting on the Enquiry -- App. A. Writing a Project Proposal -- App. B. The Roles of Practitioner-Researchers, Researchers and Consultants in Real World Research |
| Summary |
This text furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in "real world" situations. For the second edition, the text has been thoroughly revised in order to bring it up-to-date, and to make it as useful as possible for teachers and students from a range of behavioural and social science disciplines |
| Analysis |
Social sciences - Research - Methodology |
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Psychology - Research - Methodology |
| Notes |
Prev. ed.: 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
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Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Social Sciences [MESH]
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Research [MESH]
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Research Design [MESH]
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Data Interpretation, Statistical [MESH]
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Data Collection [MESH]
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Social Sciences.
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Research.
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Psychology.
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Research.
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Social Sciences.
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Research Design.
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Data Interpretation, Statistical.
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Data Collection.
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| LC no. |
2001001503 |
| ISBN |
063121304X hardcover alkaline paper |
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0631213058 paperback alkaline paper |
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