A Handbook of Social Science Research - Hardcover

Dixon, Beverly R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198780249 ISBN 13: 9780198780243

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

What is social science? How do you do it? What are the pitfalls? What are the tricks of the trade? This book provides the answers to these and many other questions which need to be answered by students who seek to develop their research skills. Adopting a step-by-step approach,the authors clarify such issues as: how to isolate and define a problem; how to frame a hypothesis; how to choose and measure variables; how to choose a research design; how to select a sample. By asking students to grapple with fundamental questions, and by using case studies, they bring research theory and practice alive.

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Review

"The language and the types of examples provided by the authors make the Handbook extremely accessible to students..."--Teaching Sociology "The language and the types of examples provided by the authors make the Handbook extremely accessible to students..."--Teaching Sociology "The language and the types of examples provided by the authors make the Handbook extremely accessible to students..."--Teaching Sociology "The language and the types of examples provided by the authors make the Handbook extremely accessible to students..."--Teaching Sociology

About the Author

Gary D. Bouma is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Monash University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198780249
• ISBN 13: 9780198780243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238