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082			_a300.723 _bFRI
100	1		_aFriesen, Bruce K.
245	1	0	_aDesigning and Conducting Your First Interview Project
250			_a1st Ed
260			_aNew York _bJossey-Bass, _c2010
300			_a xvi, 238 p. _c17x24 cm
500			_aUsing a clear, easily followed approach, Designing and Conducting Your First Interview Project helps anyone new to the process develop the skills to conduct the most essential part of social research data collection: the interview. The book also shows how to organize, analyze, and interpret the data. This workbook provides a step-by-step template for a collaborative class experience in social science. Organized according to the steps of the deductive scientific method, it includes essential activities to take place during class after the appropriate chapter has been read. The book begins with the process of choosing a topic and proceeds through hypothesis development, interview data collection, data entry using SPSS, and elementary data analysis. The final chapter includes the formal assignment and instructions to students on how to write about their experiences in a way that will produce an excellent final paper. By selecting the hypothesis, gathering the data, and analyzing the results, students will gain an appreciation for the strengths and potential weaknesses of "knowing" things through doing quantitative social science.
504			_aIncluding with index and reference
650			_aHow Social Scientists Choose a Topic to Study. Pursuing Your Own Interests. Things to Consider as Your Class Chooses a Topic.An Opportunity for You to Help Humankind. Searching for Journal Articles. Conducting Your Literature Review. From Concept to Relationship. The Causal Model. Being Specific: Turning a Relationship into a Hypothesis. Tying Your Hypothesis Back to Your Literature Review.Thinking Sociologically. An Example. Logic: A Tool of the Trade. Assumptions of Science. Combining Sociological Thinking with Logic: Theorizing. Developing a Theory for Your Class Project. Operationalizing Variables. The Process of Operationalization. The Interview Schedule. Your Own Ethical Challenge. Ethical Abuses in Research. The Development of Standards. Using SPSS. Codebooks. Precoding Interviews and Surveys. Preparing for Data Entry. Entering Data: Using SPSS.
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