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Foundations | |
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Doing Social Research | |
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Theory and Social Research | |
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Ethics in Social Research | |
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Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study | |
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Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement | |
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Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling | |
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Conducting Quantitative Research | |
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Survey Research | |
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Experimental Research | |
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Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis | |
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Analysis of Quantitative Data | |
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Conducting Qualitative Research | |
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Field Research and Focus Group Research | |
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Historical-Comparative Research | |
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Analysis of Qualitative Data | |
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Research Reports | |
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Writing the Research Report | |
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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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Theory and Social Research | |
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What Is Social 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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Ethics in Social Research | |
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What are Research Ethics? | |
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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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Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study | |
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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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Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement | |
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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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Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling | |
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Nonprobability Sampling | |
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Probability Sampling | |
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Conducting Quantitative Research | |
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Survey Research | |
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When to use a Survey | |
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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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Experimental Research | |
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Research Questions Appropriate for an Experiment | |
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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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Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis | |
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Nonreactive Measurement | |
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Unobtrusive Observation | |
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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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Ethical Concerns | |
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Analysis of Quantitative Data | |
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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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Conducting Qualitative Research | |
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Field Research and Focus Group Research | |
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Introduction to Field Research | |
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Conducting a Field Research Study | |
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The Field Research Interview | |
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Data Quality | |
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Ethical Dilemmas of Field Research | |
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Focus Group Research | |
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Historical-Comparative Research | |
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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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Analysis of Qualitative Data | |
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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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Research Reports | |
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Writing the Research Report | |
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Reasons for Writing | |
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The Writing Process | |
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Steps in Writing | |
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The Quantitative Research Report | |
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The Qualitative Research Report | |
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The Research Proposal | |