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008			121120s2012 enkd b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9780077126407 _qPaperback
040			_bEnglish _cRDA _a3228
082			_a304.5 WAGN
100			_aWagner, Claire _9172181
245	0	0	_aDoing social research : _ba global context / _cedited by Claire Wagner, Barbara B. Kawulich and Mark Garner.
260			_aUnited Kingdom: _bMcGraw-Hill Higher Education, _c2012.
300			_axiii, 294 pages : _bcolour illustrations, charts _c27 cm.
500			_aInclude Index, Illustrations _5Uk.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [276]-287) and index.
520			_aSummary: 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.
521			_aAdult
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch _xMethodology. _9116516
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xResearch _zSouth Africa. _9172182
651			_aSouth Africa
654			_2Social sciences—Research Social sciences—Research—Methodology South Africa
690			_2820111303
700	1		_aWagner, Claire, _eeditor. _9172181
700	1		_aKawulich, Barbara, _eeditor. _9172183
700	1		_aGarner, Mark, _eeditor. _9172184
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _y12663 _zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale
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