Principles and methods of social research / William D. Crano, Marilynn B. Brewer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805839038
  • 9780805839036
  • 0805839046
  • 9780805839043
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H 62 .C692 2002
Contents:
Introduction to social research methods. Basic concepts -- Fitting research design to research purpose : internal and external validity -- Research design strategies. Designing experiments : variations on the basics -- Constructing laboratory experiments -- Conducting experiments outside the laboratory -- correlational design and causal analysis -- Quasi-experiments and evaluation research -- Survey design and sampling -- Data collection methods. Systematic observational methods and naturalistic research -- Interviewing -- Content analysis -- Scaling stimuli : social psychophysics -- Scaling individuals : questionnaire design and rating scale construction -- Social cognition methods : measuring implicit thoughts and feelings -- Methods for assessing dyads and groups -- Concluding perspectives. Synthesizing research results : meta-analysis -- Social responsibility and ethics in social research.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection H 62 .C692 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98622240

Originally published: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-397) and indexes.

Introduction to social research methods. Basic concepts -- Fitting research design to research purpose : internal and external validity -- Research design strategies. Designing experiments : variations on the basics -- Constructing laboratory experiments -- Conducting experiments outside the laboratory -- correlational design and causal analysis -- Quasi-experiments and evaluation research -- Survey design and sampling -- Data collection methods. Systematic observational methods and naturalistic research -- Interviewing -- Content analysis -- Scaling stimuli : social psychophysics -- Scaling individuals : questionnaire design and rating scale construction -- Social cognition methods : measuring implicit thoughts and feelings -- Methods for assessing dyads and groups -- Concluding perspectives. Synthesizing research results : meta-analysis -- Social responsibility and ethics in social research.

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