Henn, Matt

Short introduction to social research / Matt Henn, Mark Weinstein, Nick Foard. - New Delhi: Vistaar Pub., 2006. - x, 285 p.

1. What is social research? --
2. Critical social research --
3. Getting started in research : the research process --
4. Ethics in social research --
5. Documentary sources and official statistics --
6. Quantitative approaches in social science research --
7. Qualitative approaches in social research --
8. The analysis of data --
9. Writing up and presenting research results --
10. Designing a research proposal.

This text introduces students and researchers to the key ideas and issues that inform research practice. The authors provide an easy-to-understand route-map to help the reader plan their research project from beginning to end.

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Social sciences-Research
Social surveys -- Methodology.

300.72 / HEN-S