Sotirios Sarantakos

Social Research (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From question development and research design to data collection and statistical analysis, this text guides the reader through every aspect of social research. Encouraging a critical approach in each chapter, this 4th edition includes enhanced coverage of internet sampling, mixed methods, conversation analysis and feminist research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137292476
• Artikelnr.: 45474701

Autorenporträt

SOTIRIOS SARANTAKOS is Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He has been teaching research methods for more than two decades in Europe and Australia. He is the author of many books, including Marriage and the Family, Same-Sex Couples, A Toolkit for Quantitative Data Analysis, Data Analysis [4 volumes], and Cohabitation in Transition.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH.- Introduction.- Varieties of Social Research.- Feminist Research.- Principles of Social Research.- PART II: RESEARCH PLANNING.- Research Design.- Initiating Social Research.- Sampling Procedures.- PART III: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION.- Multi-Sample Studies.- Field Research.- Observation.- Surveys: Questionnaires.- Surveys: Interviews.- The Study of Documents.- Applied Research.- PART IV: DATA ANALYSIS.- Qualitative Analysis.- Quantitative Analysis.- PART V: PUBLICATION.- Reporting.- Glossary.