Research methods in practice : strategies for description and causation /
By: Remler, Dahlia K.
Contributor(s): Van Ryzin, Gregg G. (Gregg Gerard).
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2011Description: xxx, 582 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781412964678 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781412964678:; 1412964679.Subject(s): Research -- Methodology -- Study and teaching (Graduate) | Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 001.42Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 001.42 REM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0078086 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Foundations. Research in the Real World ; Theory and Models ; Qualitative Research. -- Part 2: Strategies for description. Measurement ; Sampling ; Secondary Data ; Collecting Primary Data: Surveys and Observation ; Making Sense of the Numbers ; Making Sense of Multivariate Statistics. -- Part 3: Strategies for causation. Causation ; Observational Studies With Control Variables ; Randomized Field Experiments ; Natural and Quasi Experiments. -- Part 4: Applications. The Politics, Production, and Ethics of Research ; How to Find, Focus, and Present Research.