Data collection and analysis / edited by Roger Sapsford, Victor Jupp.

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ArticlePublication details: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 332 p. : ill ; 24 cmISBN:

0761943625 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

300.72 22

Contents:

DESIGN ISSUES --Validating Evidence -- Survey Sampling -- DATA COLLECTION -- Asking Questions - 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

Summary: In simple and non-technical terms, the Second Edition of Data Collection and Analysis illustrates a wide range of techniques and approaches used in social research projects. Always accessible and engaging, this comprehensive text covers both quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis in social research, considering both the structure and logic of research projects and the ethics and politics of research.

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includes bibligraphic reference and index

In simple and non-technical terms, the Second Edition of Data Collection and Analysis illustrates a wide range of techniques and approaches used in social research projects. Always accessible and engaging, this comprehensive text covers both quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis in social research, considering both the structure and logic of research projects and the ethics and politics of research.

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