Social research methods / Alan Bryman.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Edition: 4th edDescription: xli, 766 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN: - 9780199588053
- 300.72 23 BRY
- H62 .B787 2012
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Text accompanied by a companion web site.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [718]-743) and indexes.
Part1.The nature and process of social research --
Social research strategies --
Research Designs --
Planning a research project and formulating research questions --
Getting Started: reviewing the literature --
Ethics and politics in social research --
Part2.The nature of quantitative research --
Sampling --
Structured interviewing --
Self-completion questionnaires --
Asking questions --
Structured observation --
Content analysis --
Secondary analysis and official statistics --
Quantitative data analysis --
Using IBM SPSS for Windows --
Part3.The nature of qualitative research --
Sampling in qualitative research --
Ethnography and participant observation --
Interviewing in qualitative research --
Focus groups --
Language in qualitative research --
Document as sources of data --
Qualitative data analysis --
Computer-assisted Qualitative data analysis:using NVivo --
Part4.Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide --
Mixed methods research:combining quantitative and qualitative research --
E-research:internet research methods --
Writing up social research.
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