9780199264469

Now in its 2nd edition this market leading textbook continues to provide students with an excellent explanation and demonstration of the main theories and techniques in social research methods. Fully updated and now in two colour, the text is accessible and well structured with numerous real life examples and student learning aids. The text is also accompanied by a fully comprehensive companion web site.

Professor Alan Bryman is Professor of Social Research at Loughborough University.

Abbreviations

viii

Guide to the Book

ix

Part One

Social research strategies

3

(23)

Research designs

26

(35)

Part Two

The nature of quantitative research

61

(22)

Sampling

83

(25)

Structured interviewing

108

(23)

Self-completion questionnaires

131

(13)

Asking questions

144

(20)

Structured observation

164

(17)

Content analysis

181

(19)

Secondary analysis and official statistics

200

(18)

Quantitative data analysis

218

(25)

Using SPSS for Windows

243

(22)

Part Three

The nature of qualitative research

265

(26)

Ethnography and participant observation

291

(27)

Interviewing in qualitative research

318

(27)

Focus groups

345

(18)

Language in qualitative research

363

(17)

Documents as sources of data

380

(18)

Qualitative data analysis

398

(19)

Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: using NVivo

417

(20)

Part Four

Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide

437

(14)

Combining quantitative and qualitative research

451

(15)

E-research: using the Internet as object and method of data collection

466

(23)

Writing up social research

489

(16)

Ethics and politics in social research

505

(16)

Doing a research project

521

(16)

Glossary

537

(10)

References

547

(20)

Name Index

567

(8)

Subject Index

575

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Social Research Methods

Social Research Methods

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