MARC details
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02581cam a2200337Mi 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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3228 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20250228115734.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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121120s2012 enkd b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780077126407 |
| Qualifying information |
Paperback |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
| Language of cataloging |
English |
| Transcribing agency |
RDA |
| Original cataloging agency |
3228 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
| Classification number |
304.5 WAGN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Wagner, Claire |
| 9 (RLIN) |
172181 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
| Title |
Doing social research : |
| Remainder of title |
a global context / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
edited by Claire Wagner, Barbara B. Kawulich and Mark Garner. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
United Kingdom: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
xiii, 294 pages : |
| Other physical details |
colour illustrations, charts |
| Dimensions |
27 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
| General note |
Include Index, Illustrations |
| Institution to which field applies |
Uk. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-287) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
| Summary, etc. |
Summary: Section 1: Getting started in social research --1. Introducing social research in a global context - Claire Wagner --2. Developing a research topic and planning the research project - Claire Wagner, Anja Botha and Melody Mentz -- 3. Writing a literature review - Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie and Rebecca K. Frels -- 4. Selecting a research approach: paradigm, methodology and methods - Bagele Chilisa and Barbara B. Kawulich -- 5. Ethical considerations in conducting research - Tamra Ogletree and Barbara B. Kawulich -- Section 2: Identifying a useful methodology and methods -- 6. Measurement - Melody Mentz and Anja Botha -- 7. Methods of sampling - Sumaya Laher and Anja Botha --8. Survey research - Melody Mentz -- 9. Experimental research - Craig A. Mertler -- 10. Qualitative research - Jan Nieuwenhuis and Brigitte Smit -- 11. Document analysis - Adilia S.F. Silva -- 12. Collecting data through observation - Barbara B. Kawulich -- 13. Multi-method research - Charles Potter -- Section 3: Analysing and presenting data: Exercises in analysis and interpreting your research -- 14. Descriptive statistics - Melody Mentz and Anja Botha -- 15. Inferential statistics - Melody Mentz and Anja Botha -- 16. Qualitative data analysis - Barbara B. Kawulich and Laurel Holland -- 17. Writing up your research - Mark Garner and Anne Ryen.<br/><br/> |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
| Target audience note |
Adult |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
| Language note |
English |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social sciences |
| General subdivision |
Research |
| -- |
Methodology. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
116516 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social sciences |
| General subdivision |
Research |
| Geographic subdivision |
South Africa. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
172182 |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
| Geographic name |
South Africa |
| 654 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--FACETED TOPICAL TERMS |
| Source of heading or term |
Social sciences—Research Social sciences—Research—Methodology South Africa |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
| Source of heading or term |
820111303 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Wagner, Claire, |
| Relator term |
editor. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
172181 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Kawulich, Barbara, |
| Relator term |
editor. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
172183 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Garner, Mark, |
| Relator term |
editor. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
172184 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| item type |
Book |
| -- |
12663 |
| -- |
Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale |