CONTENTS IN BRIEFPart One AN INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY 1
Chapter 1 Human Inquiry and Science 3
Chapter 2 Paradigms,Theory,and Research 27
Chapter 3 The Ethics and Politics of Social Research 55
Part Two THE STRUCTURING OF INQUIRY 79
Chapter 4 Research Design 81
Chapter 5 Conceptualization,Operationalization,and Measurement 115
Chapter 6 Indexes,Scales,and Typologies 147
Chapter 7 The Logic of Sampling 175
Part Three MODES OF OBSERVATION 215
Chapter 8 Experiments 217
Chapter 9 Survey Research 239
Chapter 10 Qualitative Field Research 281
Chapter 11 Unobtrusive Research 313
Chapter 12 Evaluation Research 341
Part Four ANALYSIS OF DATA 369
Chapter 13 Qualitative Data Analysis 371
Chapter 14 Quantitative Data Analysis 395
APPENDIXESChapter A Using the Library 424
Chapter B The Research Report 430
Chapter C Random Numbers 436
Chapter D Distribution of Chi Square 438
Chapter E Normal Curve Areas 440
Chapter F Estimated Sampling Error 441