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Social Research

  • Textbook
  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Sotirios Sarantakos

    1. Charles Sturt University, Australia

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  • Expanded as well as thoroughly revised (now has separate chapters on questionnaires and interviewing; new sections on action and evaluation research; and the addition of computer aided statistics)
    Reputation and sales performance of first edition
    The market for social research methods is a growing one, as transferable skills rise on the higher education agenda

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xix-xix
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 1-30

    3. Varieties of social research

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      Pages 31-71

    4. Measurement and scaling

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      Pages 72-95

    5. The research process

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      Pages 96-115

  3. Data collection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Initiating social research

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      Pages 119-138

    3. Sampling procedures

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      Pages 139-164

    4. Methods of data collection: experiments and focus groups

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      Pages 165-187

    5. Field research and grounded theory

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      Pages 188-206

    6. Observation

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      Pages 207-222

    7. Surveys: mail questionnaires

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      Pages 223-245

    8. Surveys: interviewing

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      Pages 246-271

    9. Indirect methods of data collection

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      Pages 272-290

    10. Data collection

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      Pages 291-309

  4. Data analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 311-311
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    2. Analysis and interpretation

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      Pages 313-342

    3. Data presentation

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      Pages 343-362

    4. Central tendency and dispersion

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      Pages 363-382
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About this book

This introductory text on social research is designed for students undertaking courses in social sciences and related disciplines. Its main aim is to integrate in one volume quantitative, qualitative and feminist research and to offer a comprehensive introduction to the methods and their methodological frameworks, demonstrating their purpose and relevance. The second edition builds on the strengths of the first, presenting its material in an enriched and fully updated form, and including separate chapters on questionnaires and interviewing, new sections on action and evaluation research and the addition of computer-aided statistical analysis.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Charles Sturt University, Australia

    Sotirios Sarantakos

About the author

SOTIRIOS SARANTAKOS is Associate Professor in Sociology at Charles Sturt University, Australia.

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