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Surveys in social research /

By: De Vaus, D. A.
Series: Social research today (Routledge (Firm)): Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014Edition: 6th edition.Description: xviii, 382 pages : ill. ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415530156; 9780415530156:; 0415530156; 9780415530187; 0415530180.Subject(s): Social surveys | Social sciences -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.723 DEV
Contents:
The nature of surveys -- Theory and social research -- Formulating and clarifying research questions -- Developing indicators for concepts -- Ethics and data collection -- Finding a sample -- Constructing questionnaires -- Administering questionnaires -- Coding -- Preparing variables for analysis -- Building scales -- Overview of analysis -- Univariate analysis -- Bivariate analysis: nominal and ordinal variables -- Bivariate analysis for interval-level variables -- Elaborating bivariate relationships -- Multivariate analysis -- Putting it into practice: a research example.
Summary: As well as explaining how to conduct effective social research surveys the author provides a range of tools to enable the reader to become a critical consumer of research findings.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of surveys -- Theory and social research -- Formulating and clarifying research questions -- Developing indicators for concepts -- Ethics and data collection -- Finding a sample -- Constructing questionnaires -- Administering questionnaires -- Coding -- Preparing variables for analysis -- Building scales -- Overview of analysis -- Univariate analysis -- Bivariate analysis: nominal and ordinal variables -- Bivariate analysis for interval-level variables -- Elaborating bivariate relationships -- Multivariate analysis -- Putting it into practice: a research example.

As well as explaining how to conduct effective social research surveys the author provides a range of tools to enable the reader to become a critical consumer of research findings.

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