TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Robert L. AU - Brewer,John D. TI - The A-Z of social research: a dictionary of key social science research concepts SN - 0761971327 AV - H62 .A5124 2003 U1 - 300.72 22 PY - 2003/// CY - London, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - SAGE KW - Social sciences KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Abduction and retroduction -- Action research: a case study -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Attitudes -- Biographical method -- CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing) -- Causation -- Central tendency -- Child research -- Comparative analysis -- Computer simulation of social processes -- Constructionism, social -- Content analysis -- Contingency tables -- Conversation Analysis -- Correlation and regression -- Critical theory -- Cultural analysis -- Data archives -- Deduction -- Diaries, self-completion -- Discourse analysis -- Dispersion and the normal distribution -- Documentary sources -- Ecological fallacy -- e-mail as a research tool -- Empiricism, abstracted empiricism -- Epistemology -- Ethics -- Ethnography -- Ethnomethodology -- Exploratory data analysis -- Factor analysis -- Feminist epistemology -- Feminist methodology -- Focus groups -- Frankfurt School -- Gender identity dysphoria assessment -- Generalisation -- Geographic information systems (GIS) -- Grounded theory -- Hawthorne effect -- Hermeneutics -- Historical methods -- Hypothesis testing -- Ideal type -- Impact assessment -- Induction -- Intellectual property rights -- Internet -- Interpretation -- Interview schedule see Questionnaires and structured interview schedules -- Interviews -- Literature searching -- Loglinear analysis -- Longitudinal research -- Measurement, level of -- Meaning -- Methodology -- 'Micro' sampling techniques -- Modernity -- Multilevel models -- Narrative approach -- Naturalism; AS; law N2 - "The A-Z is a collection of 94 entries ranging from qualitative research techniques to statistical testing and the practicalities of using the Internet as a research tool. Alphabetically arranged in accessible, reader-friendly formats, the shortest entries are 800 words long and the longest are 3000. Most entries are approximately 1500 words in length and are supported by suggestions for further reading."--Jacket UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2002116681-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0658/2002116681-t.html UR - https://www.worldcat.org/title/a-z-of-social-research-a-dictionary-of-key-social-science-research-concepts/oclc/51193598&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/7903 ER -