The Practice of social research /
Earl Babbie
- FOURTH EDITION.
- Belmont, California : Wadsworth Publishing Company, c1986
- xxii, 577 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. An introduction to inquiry -- Part 2. The structuring of inquiry -- Part 3. Modes of observation -- Part 4. Analysis of data -- Part 5. The social context of research.
The purpose of this book is to introduce you to the logic and the skills of social scientific research. First, I want to give you all the fundamentals you need to do social research on your own.