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    <namePart>Pole, Christopher J. (Christopher John)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1959-</namePart>
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    <publisher>Prentice Hall</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Ch. 1. Introducing social investigation: what is research and why do we do it? -- Ch. 2. Planning and designing research: finding a framework -- Ch. 3. Suitable samples: selecting, obtaining and profiting from them -- Ch. 4. Observation: looking to learn -- Ch. 5. Survey research: practicalities and potential -- Ch. 6. Interviewing: listening and talking -- Ch. 7. Documents, official statistics and secondary analysis: mining existing data sources -- Ch. 8. Making it count: approaches to qualitative data analysis -- Ch. 9. Quantitative data analysis: knowledge from numbers -- Ch. 10. Approaches to writing: the craft of communication -- Ch. 11. Projects and dissertations -- methods and methodology in a practical context -- App. A. Ethical codes -- App. B. Critical values for test statistics/statistical notation.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Christopher J. Pole and Richard Lampard.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-307) and indexes.</note>
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    <topic>Social sciences</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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