This work provides advice on how to plan, conduct and analyze social surveys. It emphasizes the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics, and the practices of social research. The fifth edition includes a new chapter on ethics and a glossary. It assumes no background in statistical analysis, and gives readers the tools they need to come to grips with this often confusing field.
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Ideal companion for postgraduate students and researchers,
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This review is from: Surveys In Social Research (Social Research Today) (Paperback)
The author is an expert in the field of social research. The book reviews key concepts as well as provide clear steps in carrying out quatitative social research.The book covers concepts with depth and clarity. It are not easy to achieve with the level of complexity the topics covered. David De Vaus has accomplished the task successfully and fills the book with handy advice for field researchers. The last chapter 'Putting into practice' is brilliant. It provides a research sample from research question development to interpretation of data. A real help to researchers and postgraduate students who are working on research of their own. When analysing quatitative data from the field work, I find the other book 'Analyzing social science data'a helpful companion, too.
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I am currently working on my dissertation and found this book to be good source if you are working with surveys for data collection. The contents offer guidance and best practices in making your work easier.
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The purpose of this chapter is to outline briefly what is meant by the term survey research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zeroorder relationship, case data grid, clarifying research questions, column per cents, analysing survey data, select catalogue, conditional tables, indirect causal relationship, cumulative percentage column, years tertiary education, right across the row, elaboration analysis, more religious than men, internet questionnaires, conceptual propositions, gay equality, standard error units, internet samples, questionnaire layout, zero order relationship, workforce participation, electronic questionnaires, stratifying variable, inferential analysis, collecting survey data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Australian Election Survey, United Nations, High Low, Roman Catholic, Social Statistics, New Road, Old Street, Ordinal Gamma, Box Road, Confidence Confidence, General Social Survey, Sainsbury Avenue, Variable Factor, Frequency Per, United States, Unstandardised Standardised, Examine Table, Knowledge Networks, Disorderly Conduct, Interval Both, Labels Normal, Low Low Low, Middle East, Observation Content, Orthodox Church New!
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The purpose of this chapter is to outline briefly what is meant by the term survey research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
zeroorder relationship, case data grid, clarifying research questions, column per cents, analysing survey data, select catalogue, conditional tables, indirect causal relationship, cumulative percentage column, years tertiary education, right across the row, elaboration analysis, more religious than men, internet questionnaires, conceptual propositions, gay equality, standard error units, internet samples, questionnaire layout, zero order relationship, workforce participation, electronic questionnaires, stratifying variable, inferential analysis, collecting survey data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Australian Election Survey, United Nations, High Low, Roman Catholic, Social Statistics, New Road, Old Street, Ordinal Gamma, Box Road, Confidence Confidence, General Social Survey, Sainsbury Avenue, Variable Factor, Frequency Per, United States, Unstandardised Standardised, Examine Table, Knowledge Networks, Disorderly Conduct, Interval Both, Labels Normal, Low Low Low, Middle East, Observation Content, Orthodox Church New!
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- Social Statistics (McGraw-Hill Series in Sociology) by Hubert M Blalock on page 292, page 335, and Back Matter
- Social statistics without tears by Allan G Johnson on page 238, page 268, and Back Matter
- Elementary Applied Statistics: For Students in Behavioral Science by Linton Clarke Freeman on page 211, page 238, and page 268
- Statistical Reasoning in Sociology by John H. Mueller on page 238, page 268, and page 292
- Assessing the Elderly: A Practical Guide to Measurement by Rosalie A. Kane on page 51, and Back Matter
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