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2. Earl Babbie - Wikipedia

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   Earl Robert Babbie (born January 8, 1938), is an American sociologist who holds the position of Campbell Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University.He is best known for his book The Practice of Social Research (first published in 1975), currently in its 15th English edition, with numerous non-English editions.

3. Social research - Wikipedia

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   Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research, 10th edition, Wadsworth, Thomson Learning Inc., ISBN 0-534-62029-9 W. Lawrence Neuman, Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches , 6th edition, Allyn & Bacon, 2006, ISBN 0-205-45793-2

4. Social science - Wikipedia

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   Social research began most intentionally, however, with the positivist philosophy of science in the 19th century. In contemporary usage, "social research" is a relatively autonomous term, encompassing the work of practitioners from various disciplines that share in its aims and methods.

5. Survey (human research) - Wikipedia

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   In research of human subjects, a survey is a list of questions aimed for extracting specific data from a particular group of people. Surveys may be conducted by phone, mail, via the internet, and also in person in public spaces. Surveys are used to gather or gain knowledge in fields such as social research and demography.

6. Sociology - Wikipedia

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   Most textbooks on the methodology of social research are written from the quantitative perspective, [114] and the very term "methodology" is often used synonymously with "statistics". Practically all sociology PhD programmes in the United States require training in statistical methods.

7. Qualitative research - Wikipedia

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   Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation.