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.