TY  - BOOK
AU  - Linda Eberst Dorsten
ED  - Lawrence Hotchkiss
TI  - Research methods and society : foundations of social inquiry
SN  - 9780130926548
AV  - HM511 .D73
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  -  Pearson Prentice Hall, 
N1  - Includes index
; Ch. 1. Introducing social research --
Ch. 2. Doing social research : an overview of this textbook --
Ch. 3. Foundations of social research --
Ch. 4. Variables and measurement --
Ch. 5. Designing and social research --
Ch. 6. Observation and ethnography --
Ch. 7. Indirect methods --
Ch. 8. Surveys --
Ch. 9. Population, samples, and sampling --
Ch. 10. Data preparation and basic analysis --
Ch. 11. Data analysis 2 : describing, explaining, and evaluating --
Ch. 12. Preparing the report --
Ch. 13. Applying principles of "science learning" to everyday learning --
App. Introduction to the general social survey (GSS)
ER  -