The Practice of social research /
Earl R. Babbie
- FIFTH EDITION
- Belmont, California : Wadsworth Publishing Company, c1989
- xxvii, 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. An Introduction to Inquiry -- Part 2. The Structuring of Inquiry -- Part 3. Modes of Observation -- Part 4. Analysis of Data -- Part 5. The Social Context of Research.
In 1968, I began teaching social research methods for the first time at the University of Hawaii. Actually, the course focused specifically on survey research methods, and I had only six students in the class the first semester.