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008			171219t20182019cau b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781544331409 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040			_aUCULIB _cUCULIB
082	0	0	_a361.1072 _223 _bSCH
100	1		_aSchutt, Russell K., _eauthor. _926008
245	1	0	_aInvestigating the Social World : _bthe process and practice of research / _cRussell K. Schutt, University of Massachusetts Boston.
250			_a9th ed.
260			_aCalifornia : _bSAGE Publications, Inc., _cc2019.
300			_axxxii, 692 p. : _c26 cm. _bcol. ill. ;
500			_aRevised edition of the author's Investigating the social world, [2015]
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aFoundations for social research -- Science, society, and social research -- The process and problems of social research -- Research ethics and research proposals -- Fundamentals of social research -- Conceptualization and measurement -- Sampling and generalizability -- Research design and causation -- Basic social research designs -- Experiments -- Survey research -- Quantitative data analysis -- Qualitative methods -- Qualitative data analysis -- Complex social research designs -- Mixed methods -- Evaluation and policy research -- Research using secondary and "big" data -- Research using historical and comparative data and content analysis -- Summarizing and reporting research -- Appendix a: questions to ask about a research article -- Appendix b: how to read a research article -- Appendix c: table of random numbers -- Appendix d: how to use a statistical package -- Appendix e: annotated list of websites -- Appendix f: summaries of frequently cited research articles -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
650		0	_aSocial problems _xResearch. _92335
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch.
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