Social research methods /
Alan Bryman.
- 4th ed.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- xli, 766 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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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Social sciences--Research. Social sciences--Methodology.