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Social Science Research - Principles, Methods, and Practices

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Social Science Research - Principles, Methods, and Practices

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any course on research methods.

Social Work and Human ServicesSocial Sciences
Author
Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher
University of South Florida
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 89 sections
  1. 01: Science and Scientific Research
  2. 1.01: Science
  3. 1.02: Scientific Knowledge
  4. 1.03: Scientific Research
  5. 1.04: Scientific Method
  6. 1.05: Types of Scientific Research
  7. 1.06: History of Scientific Thought
  8. 02: Thinking Like a Researcher
  9. 2.01: Unit of Analysis
  10. 2.02: Concepts Constructs and Variables
  11. 2.03: Propositions and Hypotheses
  12. 2.04: Theories and Models
  13. 03: The Research Process
  14. 3.01: Paradigms of Social Research
  15. 3.02: Overview of the Research Process
  16. 3.03: Common Mistakes in Research
  17. 04: Theories in Scientific Research
  18. 4.01: Theories
  19. 4.02: Building Blocks of a Theory
  20. 4.03: Attributes of a Good Theory
  21. 4.04: Approaches to Theorizing
  22. 4.05: Examples of Social Science Theories
  23. 05: Research Design
  24. 5.01: Key Attributes of a Research Design
  25. 5.02: Improving Internal and External Validity
  26. 5.03: Popular Research Designs
  27. 5.04: Selecting Research Designs
  28. 06: Measurement of Constructs
  29. 6.01: Conceptualization
  30. 6.02: Operationalization
  31. 6.03: Levels of Measurement
  32. 6.04: Scaling
  33. 6.05: Indexes
  34. 6.06: Typologies
  35. 6.07: Summary
  36. 07: Scale Reliability and Validity
  37. 7.01: Reliability
  38. 7.02: Validity
  39. 7.03: Theory of Measurement
  40. 7.04: An Integrated Approach to Measurement Validation
  41. 08: Sampling
  42. 8.01: The Sampling Process
  43. 8.02: Probability Sampling
  44. 8.03: Non-Probability Sampling
  45. 8.04: Statistics of Sampling
  46. 09: Survey Research
  47. 9.01: Prelude to Survey Research
  48. 9.02: Questionnaire Surveys
  49. 9.03: Interview Survey
  50. 9.04: Biases in Survey Research
  51. 10: Experimental Research
  52. 10.01: Basic Concepts
  53. 10.02: Two-Group Experimental Designs
  54. 10.03: Factorial Designs
  55. 10.04: Hybrid Experimental Designs
  56. 10.05: Quasi-Experimental Designs
  57. 10.06: Perils of Experimental Research
  58. 11: Case Research
  59. 11.01: Key Decisions in Case Research
  60. 11.02: Conducting Case Research
  61. 11.03: Interpretive Case Research Exemplar
  62. 11.04: Positivist Case Research Exemplar
  63. 11.05: Comparisons with Traditional Research
  64. 12: Interpretive Research
  65. 12.01: Distinctions from Positivist Research
  66. 12.02: Benefits and Challenges of Interpretive Research
  67. 12.03: Characteristics of Interpretive Research
  68. 12.04: Interpretive Data Collection
  69. 12.05: Interpretive Research Designs
  70. 12.06: Rigor in Interpretive Research
  71. 13: Qualitative Analysis
  72. 13.01: Grounded Theory
  73. 13.02: Content Analysis
  74. 13.03: Hermeneutic Analysis
  75. 14: Quantitative Analysis- Descriptive Statistics
  76. 14.01: Data Preparation
  77. 14.02: Univariate Analysis
  78. 14.03: Bivariate Analysis
  79. 15: Quantitative Analysis- Inferential Statistics
  80. 15.01: Basic Concepts
  81. 15.02: General Linear Model
  82. 15.03: Two-Group Comparison
  83. 15.04: Factorial Designs
  84. 15.05: Other Quantitative Analysis
  85. 16: Research Ethics
  86. 16.01: Ethical Principles in Scientific Research
  87. 16.02: Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs)
  88. 16.03: Professional Code of Ethics
  89. 16.04: An Ethical Controversy