01790cam a2200349 a 4500 641 641 15380087 OSt 20230621113041.0 080724s2010 caua b 001 0 eng d 2008933881 9780495598411 0495598410 (OCoLC)ocn317075477 CUI CUI YDXCP DLC lccopycat H62 .B2 2010 Babbie, Earl R. The practice of social research / Earl Babbie. 12th ed. Belmont, Calif : Wadsworth Cengage, c2010. xxiv, 530 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographic references and index. This is a comprehensive, straightforward introduction to the field of research as practiced by social scientists. This best-selling book emphasizes the research process by demonstrating how to design research studies, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering questions about research methods--such as how to conduct online surveys, and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data. The practice of social research provides all the tools researchers and consumers need to apply social research. Social sciences Research. Social sciences Methodology. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1104/2008933881-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1104/2008933881-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1104/2008933881-t.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc GENERAL 0 0 lcc 0 0 LPL LPL 2019-03-11 0 H62 .B2 2010 2017/1932 2019-03-11 00:00:00 1932 2019-03-11 BK