Making sense of the social world : methods of investigation /
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| Author / Creator: | Chambliss, Daniel F. |
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| Imprint: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2003. |
| Description: | xxii, 346 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4929028 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Science, Society, and Social Research
- What is the Problem?
- Can Social Scientists See the Social World More Clearly?
- What Questions Can Social Science Research Answer?
- How Well Have We Done Our Research? Are Our Answers Correct?
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 2. The Process and Problems of Social Research
- What is the Question?
- What is the Theory?
- What is the Strategy?
- Deductive Research
- Inductive Research
- Descriptive Research: A Necessary Step
- What is the Design?
- But is it Ethical?
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 3. Conceptualization and Measurement
- What Do We Have in Mind? Conceptualization
- How Do We Focus the Problem? Variables and Hypotheses
- How Will We Know When We've Found It? Operationalization
- How Much Information Do We Really Have?
- Establishing Validity and Reliability
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 4. Sampling
- How to Prepare to Sample?
- What Sampling Methods to Use?
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 5. Causation and Experimental Design
- What is a Causal Explanation?
- How Do We Identify Causes?
- What are the Features of a True Experiment?
- How Can Experiments Be Modified?
- Why Units of Analysis Can Affect Causal Reasoning
- What are the Threats to Validity in Experiments?
- How Do Experimenters Protect Their Subjects?
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 6. Survey Research
- Why is Survey Research So Popular?
- How Should We Write Survey Questions?
- How Should Questionnaires Be Designed?
- What Are the Alternatives for Administering Surveys?
- Ethical Issues in Survey Research
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 7. Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, Listening
- What Makes Methods "Qualitative"?
- How Does Participant Observation Become a Research Method?
- How to Conduct Intensive Interviews
- How Do You "Focus" a Group?
- Analyzing Qualitative Data
- Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 8. Evaluation Research
- What Is the History of Evaluation Research?
- What Is Evaluation Research?
- What are the Alternatives in Evaluation Designs?
- What Can an Evaluation Study Focus On?
- Ethical Issues in Evaluation Research
- Conclusions
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 9. Elementary Data Analysis
- Introducing Statistics
- Case Study: The Likelihood of Voting
- Preparing Data for Analysis
- Displaying Univariate Distributions
- Graphs
- Frequency Distributions
- Summarizing Univariate Distributions
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Variation
- Crosstabulating Variables
- Controlling for a Third Variable
- Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie With Statistics
- Conclusion
- Key Terms
- Highlights
- Exercises
- Chapter 10. Reviewing, Proposing, and Reporting Research
- Comparing Research Designs
- Reviewing Research
- Case Study: "Night as Frontier"
- Proposing New Research
- Case Study: Treating Substance Abuse
- Reporting Research
- Writing and Organizing
- Conclusion
- Highlights
- Exercises
- References
- Appendices
- A. Finding Information
- B. HyperRESEARCH: A Softward Tool for Qualitative Data Analysis
- C. Secondary Data Analysis
- D. How to Use a Statistical Package
