Data collection and analysis /  
edited by Roger Sapsford, Victor Jupp. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Thousand Oaks, CA :    Sage Publications,    2006. 
 - xix, 332 p. :    ill ;    24 cm. 
<br/><br/>includes bibligraphic reference and index 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0761943625 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005927680 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Research Methods & Statistics
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences -- Statistical methods.<br/>Social sciences -- Research<br/>Research -- Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.72