The author follows two chapters on the fundamentals of social science and social research with three on preparation, two on interviewing, one on scaling, and two on relative advantages and methods of participative, direct and indirect observation.
Pearson's r is a method for examining relationships between interval/ratio variables that focuses on the coefficient, a figure indicating the degree of correlation between variables (we do not discuss how to produce coefficients here, ...
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This same usage of a description of street life can also be seen in the following remarks made by Lee in group therapy: 'I've had periods in my life when I was really lonely, REALLY lonely, like when I decided to bum it last time and ...
In this section of the chapter, we organize our discussion through layers. The first layer has to do with the fixed or flexible nature of the design, and the second layer engages with specific types of designs. We find Colin Robson and ...
The book is thematically arranged in two sections: the first section introduces development research techniques, explores the genesis and scope of social research, research processes and then goes on to explain univariate, bivariate and ...