Principles and methods of social research /
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| Author / Creator: | Crano, William D., 1942- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2002. |
| Description: | xii, 416 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4596234 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction to Social Research Methods
- Basic Concepts
- Fitting Research Design to Research Purpose: Internal and External Validity
- Measuring Concepts: Reliability and Validity
- Part II. Research Design Strategies
- Designing Experiments: Variations on the Basics
- Constructing Laboratory Experiments
- External Validity of Laboratory Experiments
- Conducting Experiments Outside the Laboratory
- Correlational Design and Causal Analysis
- Quasi-Experiments and Evaluation Research
- Survey Design and Sampling
- Part III. Data Collection Methods
- Systematic Observational Methods and Naturalistic Research
- Interviewing
- Content Analysis
- Scaling Stimuli: Social Psychophysics
- Scaling Individuals: Questionnaire Design and Rating Scale Construction
- Social Cognition Methods: Measuring Implicit Thoughts and Feelings
- Methods for Assessing Dyads and Groups
- Part IV. Concluding Perspectives
- Synthesizing Research Results: Meta-Analysis
- Social Responsibility and Ethics in Social Research
