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| Preface | |
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| Foundations | |
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| Doing Social Research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Alternatives to Social Research | |
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| How Science Works | |
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| Steps in the Research Process | |
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| Dimensions of Research | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Theory and Social Research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Theory? | |
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| The Parts of Theory | |
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| The Aspects of Theory | |
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| The Three Major Approaches to Social Science | |
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| The Dynamic Duo | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ethics in Social Research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Be Ethical? | |
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| Power Relations | |
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| Ethical Issues Involving Research Participants | |
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| Ethics and the Scientific Community | |
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| Ethics and the Sponsors of Research | |
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| Politics of Research | |
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| Value-Free and Objective Research | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| Using the Internet for Social Research | |
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| Qualitative and Quantitative Orientations toward Research | |
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| Qualitative Design Issues | |
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| Quantitative Design Issues | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why Measure? | |
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| Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement | |
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| Parts of the Measurement Process | |
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| Reliability and Validity | |
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| A Guide to Quantitative Measurement | |
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| Index Construction | |
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| Scales | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nonprobability Sampling | |
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| Probability Sampling | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conducting Quantitative Research | |
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| Survey Research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Logic of Survey Research | |
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| Constructing the Questionnaire | |
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| Types of Surveys: Advantages and Disadvantages | |
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| Interviewing | |
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| The Ethical Survey | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Experimental Research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Random Assignment | |
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| Experimental Design Logic | |
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| Internal and External Validity | |
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| Practical Considerations | |
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| Results of Experimental Research: Making Comparisons | |
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| A Word on Ethics | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Nonreactive Measurement | |
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| Content Analysis | |
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| Existing Statistics/Documents and Secondary Analysis | |
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| Issues of Inference and Theory Testing | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Analysis of Quantitative Data | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Dealing with Data | |
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| Results with One Variable | |
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| Results with Two Variables | |
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| More Than Two Variables | |
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| Inferential Statistics | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conducting Qualitative Research | |
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| Field Research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Logic of Field Research | |
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| Choosing a Site and Gaining Access | |
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| Relations in the Field | |
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| Observing and Collecting Data | |
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| The Field Research Interview | |
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| Leaving the Field | |
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| Focus Groups | |
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| Ethical Dilemmas of Field Research | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Historical-Comparative Research | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Logic of Historical-Comparative Research | |
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| Steps in a Historical-Comparative Research Project | |
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| Data and Evidence in Historical Context | |
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| Comparative Research | |
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| Equivalence in Historical-Comparative Research | |
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| Ethics | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Analysis of Qualitative Data | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Comparing Methods of Data Analysis | |
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| Coding and Concept Formation | |
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| Analytic Strategies for Qualitative Data | |
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| Other Techniques | |
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| Software for Qualitative Data | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Writing a Research Report | |
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| Writing the Research Report | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Research Report | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |