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Summary
Summary
This text provides a comprehensive guide to doing research in the social and behavioral sciences--from research design and sampling to collecting and analyzing data. Rich in examples, the book has been revised and updated to provide today′s students with a conceptual understanding of each qualitative and quantitative technique, as well as showing them how to use it.
"The main strength of this text is coverage of both quantitative and qualitative methodology from a broad range of fields. The examples are often my students′ favorite thing to discuss in class." -Erica B. Gibson, University of South Carolina
"Bernard does an excellent job of not only showing how to practice research but also provides a detailed discussion of broader historical and philosophical contexts that are important for understanding research." -Julian Kilker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
"The depth of detailed descriptions (foundations of social research; interviewing, participant observation, field notes, and data analysis) go beyond other texts ... the organization is superb." -Benedict J. Colombi, University of Arizona
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 About Social Science |
| Chapter 2 The Foundations of Social Research |
| Chapter 3 Preparing for Research |
| Chapter 4 Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking |
| Chapter 5 Sampling: The Basics |
| Chapter 6 Sampling Theory |
| Chapter 7 Nonprobability Sampling |
| Chapter 8 Interviewing I: Unstructured and Semistructured |
| Chapter 9 Interviewing II: Questionnaires |
| Chapter 10 Interviewing III: Relational Data - Domains and Networks |
| Chapter 11 Scales and Scaling |
| Chapter 12 Participant Observation |
| Chapter 13 Field Notes and Database Management |
| Chapter 14 Direct and Indirect Observation |
| Chapter 15 Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis |
| Chapter 16 Analyzing Cultural Domains and Proximity Matrices |
| Chapter 17 Analyzing Qualitative Data I: Applying Logic to Text |
| Chapter 18 Analyzing Qualitative Data II: Grammar Beyond the Sentence |
| Chapter 19 Analyzing Qualitative Data III: Grounded Theory and Content Analysis |
| Chapter 20 Univariate Analysis |
| Chapter 21 Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations |
| Chapter 22 Multivariate Analysis |
| Appendix A Table of Areas under a Normal Curve |
| Appendix B StudentâÇÖs t Distribution |
| Appendix C Chi-Square Distribution Table |
| Appendix D F Table for the .05 Level of Significance |
