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100	1		_aPunch, Keith.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to social research : _bquantitative and qualitative approaches / _cKeith F. Punch.
250			_a2nd edition
260			_aLondon ; _aThousand Oaks, Calif. : _bSAGE, _cc2005.
300			_axvi, 320 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
500			_aContents; 1. Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Some simplifying devices 1.3 Research methods training etc. 2. Some central issues 2.1 Description versus explanation 2.2 Question-method connections 2.3 Prespecified versus unfolding: Structure in research questions, design and data etc. 3. Research questions 3.1 General and specific research questions 3.2 Developing research questions 3.3 The role of research questions etc. 4. From research questions to data 4.1 The empirical criterion 4.2 Linking concepts and data 4.3 Good and bad research questions etc. 5. Quantitative research design 5.1 What is research design? 5.2 Some background 5.3 Independent, dependent and control variables etc. 6. Collecting quantitative data 6.1 Types of variables 6.2 The process of measurement 6.3 Latent traits etc. 7. The analysis of quantitative data 7.1 Summarizing quantitative data 7.2 Relationships between variables: Cross-tabulations and contingency 7.3 Comparisons between groups: the analysis of variance etc. 8. Design in quantitative research 8.1 Overview 8.2 Design in qualitative research 8.3 Case studies etc. 9. Collecting qualitative data 9.1 The interview 9.2 Observation 9.3 Participant observation etc. 10. The analysis of qualitative data 10.1 Diversity in qualitative analysis 10.2 Analytic induction 10.3 The miles and Huberman framework for qualitative data analysis etc. 11. Mixed methods and evaluative criteria 11.1 Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches 11.2 General evaluative criteria 11.3 Review concepts 12. Research writing 12.1 Background 12.2 Research documents 12.3 Writing to report versus writing to learn: Writing as analysis etc.
504			_aBibliographical references : p. [296]-308 . _ Index : p. 309-320.
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch.
942			_2ddc _cBOOK-CA _e2nd edition _h300.72 _i1 _kPUN _m300.72 PUN
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