TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frankfort-Nachmias,Chava
AU  - Nachmias,David
TI  - Research methods in the social sciences
SN  - 9780340662267
U1  - 300.72 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Research
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Foundations of empirical research: the scientific approach; conceptual foundations of research; ethics in social science research. Design and structure of research: research designs - experiments; research designs - correlational and quasi-experimental designs; measurement; sampling and sample design. Data collection: observational methods; survey research; questionnaire construction; qualitative research; secondary data analysis. Data processing and analysis: data preparation and analysis; the univariate distribution; bivariate analysis; control, elaboration and multivariate analysis; index construction and scaling methods; inferences. Appendices: introduction to SPSS; the summation sign; random digits; areas under normal curve; distribution of t; critical values of F; critical values of U in the Mann-Whitney test; distribution of X2; research reports

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