Research methodology textbooks and materials

Criminology

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Bailey, KD. Methods of social research. (Level: Honours)
Publisher: New York: Free Press: a division of Macmillan, 1994.
Edition: 4th ed.
Description: xviii, 588 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0029012791

Huysamen, GK. Methodology for the social and behavioural sciences. 1994 (Level: 2nd year)
Publisher: Halfway House, Midrand: Southern Book Publishers, 1994.
Edition: 1st ed.
Description: 237 p.
ISBN: 1868124681
Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Types of Research and Criteria; 3. Sampling and Population Validity; 4. Experimental Research; 5. Operationalizing the Independent Variable; 6. More Complex Experimental Designs; 7. Quasi-Experimental Research; 8. Survey Designs; 9. Measurement Theory; 10. Measuring Instruments; 11. Methods of Data Collection; 12. Analytical Research; 13. Phenomenological and Case Study Approaches; 14. Ethical Considerations; 15. Designing a Research Project; 16. Report Writing
Appendix A: Research Proposals; Appendix B: Answers to Some Exercises

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