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Research Methods for the Social Sciences
This text will introduce you to the fascinating and important study of the methods of inquiry in the Social Sciences. You will learn both the logic behind – and the procedures for – a wide variety of research methods, including correlational and experimental designs. If you are the curious type, and if you like to think rationally, I believe you will enjoy this course.
- Author
- William Pelz
- Publisher
- Herkimer College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 19 sections
- 01: Chapters
- 1.01: Chapter 1 Science and Scientific Research
- 1.02: Chapter 2 Thinking Like a Researcher
- 1.03: Chapter 3 The Research Process
- 1.04: Chapter 4 Theories in Scientific Research
- 1.05: Chapter 5 Research Design
- 1.06: Chapter 6 Measurement of Constructs
- 1.07: Chapter 7 Scale Reliability and Validity
- 1.08: Chapter 8 Sampling
- 1.09: Chapter 9 Survey Research
- 1.10: Chapter 10 Experimental Research
- 1.11: Chapter 11 Case Research
- 1.12: Chapter 12 Interpretive Research
- 1.13: Chapter 13 Qualitative Analysis
- 1.14: Chapter 14 Quantitative Analysis Descriptive Statistics
- 1.15: Chapter 15 Quantitative Analysis Inferential Statistics
- 1.16: Chapter 16 Research Methods
- 02: Appendix - Research Portfolio
- 2.01: Instructions for completing the Research Portfolio assignment