TY - BOOK AU - Pole,Christopher J. AU - Lampard,Richard TI - Practical social investigation: qualitative and quantitative methods in social research SN - 0136168485 AV - H62 P75 PY - 2002/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Prentice Hall KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-307) and indexes; 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 UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009616538&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=009616538&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -