社会研究基础

part One AN INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY 1 Human Inquiry and Science 2 Paradigms,Theory,and Research 3 The Ethics and Politics of Social ResearchPart Two THE STRUCTURING OF INQUIRY 4 Research Design 5 Conceptualization,Operationalization,and Measurement 6 Indexes,Scales,and Typologies 7 The Logic of Sampling Part Three MODES OF OBSERVATION 8 Experiments 9 Survey Research

part One AN INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY 1 Human Inquiry and Science 2 Paradigms,Theory,and Research 3 The Ethics and Politics of Social ResearchPart Two THE STRUCTURING OF INQUIRY 4 Research Design 5 Conceptualization,Operationalization,and Measurement 6 Indexes,Scales,and Typologies 7 The Logic of Sampling Part Three MODES OF OBSERVATION 8 Experiments 9 Survey Research 10 Qualitative Field Research 11 Unobtrusive Research 12 Evaluation ResearchPart Four ANALYSIS OF DATA 13 Qualiative Data Analysis 14 Quantitative Data Analysis 15 Reading and Writing Social Research Appendixes A Using the Library B Random Numbers C Distribution of Chi Square D Normal Curve Areas E Estimated Sampling Error

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