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Practical Social Investigation: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Research
by Christopher Pole  Synopsis Presenting the basic methods of social research, this text combines both qualitative and quantitative research methods, outlining an approach based in practice. It deals in detail with techniques illustrative of different methodologies and epistemologies...
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Philosophy of Social Science (Traditions in Social Theory)
by Ted Benton Publisher Comments This is the first book in the new series, is a comprehensive introduction to philosophical problems in the social sciences, encompassing traditional and contemporary perspectives. It is readily accessible, with a firm emphasis on communicating difficult...
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Diagnostic Study of Accounting and Auditing Arrangements: Republic of Kazakhstan
by Publisher Comments This in-depth study examines the existing accounting and auditing standards in the Republic of Kazakhstan, analyzing such issues as professional infrastructure and government budgeting. In addition to making observations on the country's current economic...
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Thoreau and the Sociological Imagination: The Wilds of Society
by Shawn Chandler Bingham Book News Annotation Bingham (sociology, Saint Leo U., Florida) provides the first full-length sociological examination of the ideas of Thoreau, concentrating on the relationship between the individual and society, social change, and the deconstruction of society's ideas...
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Logic of Causal Order (85 Edition)
by James A. Davis Publisher Comments This monograph is not statistical. It looks instead at pre-statistical assumptions about dependent variables and causal order. Professor Davis spells out the logical principles that underlie our ideas of causality and explains how to discover causal...
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Investigating the Social World - With CD (5TH 06 Edition)
by Russell Schutt Publisher Comments Praise for the Fourth Edition:</p> <p></p> <p>`I think this volume is a good textbook and, if I were teaching a research methods subject, I would consider using it as a core text. The extensive study aids are a particularly...
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #97: Ordinal Log-Linear Models
by Masako Ishii-kuntz Synopsis Which log-linear models can social scientists use to examine categorical variables whose attributes may be logically rank ordered? Ordinal Log-Linear Models presents a technique that is often overlooked but highly advantageous when dealing with such...
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Statistics : Gentle Introduction (2ND 06 Edition)
by Frederick L. Coolidge Publisher Comments Doing statistics for the first time? "Don't panic!" says Professor Fred Coolidge. In Statistics: A Gentle Introduction, Second Edition, he shows how statistics needn't be difficult or dull. Dr. Coolidge likens the role of a statistician to that of a...
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Qualitative Research Interviewing: Biographic Narrative and Semi-Structured Methods
by Tom Wengraf Publisher Comments Covers the full range of practices from the identification of topics, through to strategies for writing up research findings in diverse ways....
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #34: Covariance Structure Models: An Introduction to Lisrel
by J Scott Long Publisher Comments While many readers may be unfamiliar with the full complexity of the covariance structure model, many may have mastered at least one of its two components - each of which is a powerful and well-known statistical technique in its own right. The first is...
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Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology: Tradition & Formalization
by Thomas J Fararo Publisher Comments Describing the field of sociology as a comprehensive research tradition, this book analyzes the field's various sub-traditions, and demonstrates that many of these traditions not only intersect, but share conceptual components. In close analyses of its...
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Critical Hermeneutics: A Study in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur and Jurgen Habermas
by John B. Thompson Publisher Comments A comparative critique of ordinary language philosophy, hermeneutics and critical theory....
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #111: Regression Models: Censored, Sample Selected, or Truncated Data
by Richard Breen Publisher Comments What techniques can social scientists use when an outcome variable for a sample is not representative of the population for whom they would like to generalize the results? This book provides an introduction to regression models for such data including...
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary French Culture
by Alex Hughes Publisher Comments In over 700 alphabetical entries on key aspects of French culture since 1945, this groundbreaking work provides valuable in-depth information on topics which traditional reference works often neglect. Reflecting the growth of cross-disciplinary concerns,...
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New Directions in Action Research
by Zuber-skerritt Publisher Comments Provides a worldwide perspective on action research, a process which covers educational, professional, managerial and organizational development...
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Qualitative Dissertation : a Guide for Students and Faculty (99 Edition)
by Maria Piantanida Publisher Comments In this comprehensive look at the entire qualitative dissertation process, the authors describe each step involved in crafting a qualitative study, and provide helpful advice on getting through the rough spots and pressure points involved....
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The Telephone Interviewer's Handbook: How to Conduct Standardized Conversations
by Patricia A Gwartney Publisher Comments This essential resource offers new interviewers training on all aspects of conducting telephone interviews. The volume reviews the types of surveys, the interviewer's role in the survey process, research on survey research, ethics, laws that protect...
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #71: Analyzing Complex Survey Data
by Eun Sul Lee Synopsis This book examines ways to analyze complex surveys, and focuses on the problems of weights and design effects. This new edition incorporates recent practice of analyzing complex survey data, introduces the new analytic approach for categorical data...
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Doing Naturalistic Inquiry
by David A. Erlandson Publisher Comments Based on the theoretical work of Lincoln and Guba, this practical text is designed to help new researchers apply the constructivist paradigm. The authors show how these ideas shape the practice of conducting alternative paradigm research. Covering the...
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Writing Up Qualitative Research (2ND 01 Edition)
by Harry Wolcott Publisher Comments `Harry Wolcott's book is one of those little "must-have", "must-read" gems. The voice of experience is unmistakable. It's great fun to read, and chock full of helpful, "how-to-do-it" advice' - H Russell Bernard, University of Florida and author of Social...
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