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Babbie, ER. The practice of social research. (Level: 3rd year, 4th year, Honours)
Publisher: Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1998.
Edition: 8th ed.
Description: 1 v. (various pagings): ill.; 25 cm.
ISBN: 053450468X

Best, JW & Kahn, JV. Research in education. (Level: Honours)
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1989.
Edition: 6th ed.
ISBN: 0137742908

Budd, RW et al. Content analysis of communications. (Level: 3rd year)
Publisher: New York: Macmillan, 1972.

Du Plooy, GM. Introduction to communication. Course book 2, Communication
research. (Level: 3rd year)
Publisher: Kenwyn: Juta, 1995.
ISBN: 0702134465

Groenewald, JP. Social research: design and analysis. (Level: Honours)
Publisher: Stellenbosch: University Publishers, c1986.
Description: viii, 100 p.
ISBN: 0869951246 

Holsti, OR. Content analysis for the social sciences and humanities. (Level: 3rd year, 4th year)
Publisher: Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, [1969]
Description: 235 p. ; 22 cm.

Leedy, PD. Practical research: planning & design. (Level: 3rd year, Masters, PhD)
Publisher: New York: Macmillan / New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1993.
Edition: 5th ed.
ISBN: 0023692421

Mouton, J & Marais, HC. Basic concepts in the methodology of the social sciences. (Level: Honours)
Publisher: Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, 1990.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Description: xiii, 269 p.: ill. ; 22 cm.
Series: HSRC series in methodology.
Contents: Part 1: Chapter 1 - What is social sciences research? Introduction: The scientific language game; Chapter 2 - Research design: Towards problem formulation. Introduction: Social sciences research as a rational activity; Chapter 3 - Research design: Conceptualization and operationalization; Chapter 4 - Research design: data collection; Chapter 5 - Research design: Analysis and interpretation; Chapter 6 - Central concepts in the research process: Concepts, statements, Conceptual frameworks, Paradigms; Chapter 7 - Perspectives on qualitative and quantitative research: The spectrum of the social sciences, Terminology, Science and research; Part 2: Chapter 8 - Guidelines for writing a research proposal: How to write a research proposal, Types of research proposals, Form and content of research proposals; Chapter 9 - Guidelines for writing research reports: Theoretical guidelines, metatheoretical guidelines, Technical guidelines; Appendix 1: M Ferreira - A sociological analysis of medical encounters of aged persons at an outpatient centre: A qualitative approach; Appendix 2: D Joubert - A typology of value orientations; Appendix 3: KF Mauer and AC Lawrence - Human factors in stope productivity - A field experiment.

Smith, MJ. Contemporary communication research methods. (Level: 3rd year)
Publisher: Belmont, Calif: Wadsworth Pub. Co, c1988.
ISBN: 0534086101

Stempel, GH & Westley, BH. Research methods in mass communication. 1981 (Level: 4th year)
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice Hall, c1989.
Edition: 2nd ed.
ISBN: 0137739877

Watt, J & van den Berg, SA. Research methods for communication science. 1995 (Level: 3rd year)

Wimmer, RD & Dominick, JR. Mass media research. (Level: Honours)
Publisher: Belmont, Calif: Wadsworth, 2000.
Edition: 6th ed.
Description: 448 p.
ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-56007-5
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