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Social research : issues, methods and process created by Tim May

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Berkshire Open University Press 2011Edition: FourthDescription: 332 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780335235674
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H61
Contents:
Contents Acknowledgements Preface to the second edition Preface to the third edition Introduction 1 Pt. I Issues in Social Research 5 1 Perspectives on social scientific research 7 2 Social theory and social research 28 3 Values and ethics in the research process 46 Pt. II Methods of Social Research 69 4 Official statistics: topic and resource 71 5 Social surveys: design to analysis 88 6 Interviewing: methods and process 120 7 Participant observation: perspectives and practice 146 8 Documentary research: excavations and evidence 175 9 Comparative research: potential and problems 200 Bibliography 220 Author index 250 Subject index
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf H61 MAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 148717 Available BK135400

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
Introduction 1
Pt. I Issues in Social Research 5
1 Perspectives on social scientific research 7
2 Social theory and social research 28
3 Values and ethics in the research process 46
Pt. II Methods of Social Research 69
4 Official statistics: topic and resource 71
5 Social surveys: design to analysis 88
6 Interviewing: methods and process 120
7 Participant observation: perspectives and practice 146
8 Documentary research: excavations and evidence 175
9 Comparative research: potential and problems 200
Bibliography 220
Author index 250
Subject index

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