Includes bibliography (548-583 p.)

Includes ındexes (584-592 p.)

1 Scıence and Research

2 Alternatıve to socıal research

6 How Science Works

13 Quantitative and Qualitative Social Research

14 Steps in the Research Process

20 Why Conduct Social Research

20 Conclusion

23 Dimensions of Research

23 Dimensions of Research

47 Conclusion

49 Theory and Research

50 What is Theory

50 Social Theory versus Ideology

52 The Parts of Social Theory

58 Aspects of theory

76 The Dynamic Duo

77 Conclusion

79 The Meanings of Methodology

80 The Three Approaches

81 Positivist Social Science

87 Interpretive Social Science

94 Critical Social Science

102 Feminist and Postmodern Research

104 Conclusion

110 The Literature Review and Ethical

110 The Literature Review

129 Ethics in Social Research

146 Conclusion

149 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Designs

149 Triangulation

151 Qualitative and Quantitative Orientations towards Research

157 Qualitative Design Issues

160 Quantitative Design Issues

174 Conclusion

179 Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

180 Why Measure

181 Qualitative and Quantitative measurement

181 Parts of the measurement Process

188 Reliability and Validity

198 A Guide to Quantitative Measurement

198 A Guide to Quantitative Measurement

202 Index Construction

206 Scales

216 Conclusion

219 Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

220 Nonprobability Sampling

224 Probability Sampling

244 Conclusion

246 Experimental Research

247 Research Questions Appropriate for an Experiment

248 A short History of the Experimental in Social Research

249 Random Assignment

252 Experimental Design Logic

259 Internal and External Validity

267 Practical Consideration

267 Results of Experimental Research: Making Comparison

269 A word on Ethics

269 Conclusion

272 Survey Research

273 Research Questions Appropriate for Survey

273 A History of Survey Research

276 The Logic of Survey Research

277 Constructing the Questionnaire

299 Types of Surveys: Advantages and Disadvantages

304 interviewing

313 The Ethical Survey

314 Conclusion

320 Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis

320 Nonreactive Measurement

322 Content Analysis

331 Existing Statistics/Documents and Secondary Analysis

339 Issues of Inference and Theory Testing

340 Conclusion

343 Analysis Of Quantitative

344 Dealing with Data

346 Result with one Variable

353 Results with Two Variables

362 More than Two Variables

370 Inferential Statistics

374 Conclusion

378 Field Research

379 Research Questions Appropriate for Field Research

379 A Short Story of Field Research

383 The Logic of Field Research

385 Choosing a Site and Gaining Access

392 Relations in the Field

396 Observing and collecting Data

406 The Field Research interview

411 Leaving the Field

412 Ethical Dilemmas of Field Research

414 Conclusion

418 Historical Comparative Research

419 A Short History of Historical Comparative Research

420 Research

428 Steps in a Historical-Comparative Research project

430 Data and Evidence in Historical Context

437 Comparative Research

449 Equivalence in Historical -Comparative Research

452 Ethics

453 Conclusion

457 Analysis of Qualitative

458 Comparing Methods of Data Analysis

459 Coding and Concept formation

466 Analysis Strategies for Qualitative Data

480 Other Techniques

488 Conclusion

490 Writing the Research Report and the Politics of Social Research

491 The Research Report

504 The Politics of Social Research

516 Objectivity and Value

518 Conclusion

521 American Sociological Association Code of Ethics

535 Table of Randomly Selected Five Digit Number

537 Sample of Data Archives and Resources for Secondary Analysis

539 Measure Theory and Specialized Techniques for index and Scale Construction

543 Evaluation Research

548 Bibliography

584 Name Index

586 Subject Index