Doing Social Research

The form and purpose of social research: introduction - subjects for social research varieties of social research the science of social research the uses and abuses of social research. The design of social research: defining a researchable topic and preparing a research plan from concepts to operationalization to the measurement of variables sampling. The methods of social research: survey research experimental research field research and observational studies methods of analyzing available data evaluation research and case studies. The analysis of social research: data preparation and computerization data analysis I - univeriate and bivariate analyses data analysis II - trivariate analyses and the elaboration model elementary statistics for social research developing and selecting indexes and scales presenting the research results. Appendix A - using a library for social research. Appendix B - table of random numbers and chi-squre distribution. Appendix C - generating the computer tables in this text using the SPSSx Computer Program.