TY  - BOOK
AU  - May, Tim
TI  - Social research: issues, methods and process
SN  - 9780335235674
AV  - H61  
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Berkshire
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Sociology
N1  - 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
ER  -