TY - BOOK AU - Babbie,Earl TI - The practice of social research / SN - 9781133050094 U1 - 300.72 BAB PY - 2013/// CY - [Belmont, Calif.] : PB - Wadsworth, Cangage Learning, KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - A straightforward, comprehensive, and approachable guide to research as practiced by social scientists, the Thirteenth Edition of Babbie's "gold-standard" text gives you the tools you need to apply research concepts practically, as both a researcher and a consumer. Babbie emphasizes the process by showing you how to design and construct projects, introducing the various observation modes in use today, and answering critical questions about research methods - such as how to conduct online surveys and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data ER -