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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782531303321

Autore

Kalof Linda

Titolo

Essentials of Social Research [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

ISBN

1-281-95310-5

0-335-23679-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DanAmy

Disciplina

300

300/.72

Soggetti

Action research

Research -- Social aspects

Social sciences -- Research

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Introduction; Chapter 1: Foundations; Chapter 2: The discourse of science; Chapter 3: Basic logic of quantitative inquiry; Chapter 4: Basic logic of qualitative inquiry; Chapter 5: Collecting the data; Chapter 6: Assessing the findings; Chapter 7: Exercises using research from the published literature; Glossary; References; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Covers types of research, reasoning and data, basic logic of quantitative and qualitative inquiry, major data collection strategies, and identification of research limitations. This book describes procedures for identifying limitations of research and rival explanations for research findings.