Data collection and analysis / edited by Roger Sapsford and Victor Jupp. - 2nd ed. - London ; Sage in association with Open University, Thousand Oaks, Calif. : 2006. - xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index.

PART ONE: DESIGN ISSUES
Validating Evidence - Roger Sapsford and Victor Jupp
Survey Sampling - William Schofield
PART TWO: DATA COLLECTION
Observational Research - Peter Foster
Asking Questions - Michael Wilson and Roger Sapsford
Research and Information on the Net - Roger Sapsford
Using Documents - Ruth Finnegan
PART THREE: DATA ANALYSIS
Preparing Numerical Data - Betty Swift
Extracting and Presenting Statistics - Roger Sapsford
Statistical Techniques - Judith Calder and Roger Sapsford
Analysis of Unstructured Data - David Boulton and Martyn Hammersley
Discourse Research - Roger Sapsford
Documents and Critical Research - Victor Jupp
PART FOUR: CONCLUSION
Ethics, Politics and Research - Pamela Abbott and Roger Sapsford

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Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Social sciences--Research.

HA29 / .D273 1996

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