David De Vaus, David de Vaus (Australia University of Queensland)

Surveys In Social Research

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social research. This sixth edition has been completely revised and updated, and contains new examples, data and extensive lists of web resources.

Produktdetails

• Social Research Today
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 6 ed
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 189mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 790g
• ISBN-13: 9780415530187
• ISBN-10: 0415530180
• Artikelnr.: 39076844

Autorenporträt

David de Vaus is Emeritus Professor in Sociology, University of Queensland.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Scope of Survey Research 1. The Nature of Surveys 2. Theory and
Social Research 3. Formulating and Clarifying Research Questions Part II:
Collecting Survey Data 4. Developing Indicators for Concepts 5. Ethics and
Data Collection 6. Finding a Sample 7. Constructing Questionnaires 8.
Administering Questionnaires Part III: Setting Up the Data for Analysis 9.
Coding 10. Preparing Variables for Analysis 11. Building Scales Part IV:
Analysing Survey Data 12. Overview of Analysis 13. Univariate Analysis 14.
Bivariate Analysis: Nominal and Ordinal Variables 15. Bivariate Analysis
for Interval-Level Variables 16. Elaborate Bivariate Relationships 17.
Multivariate Analysis 18. Putting It into Practice: A Research Example.
Glossary. Bibliography