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General Information
Why the Manual? We feel that students need some hands-on practice when learning to conduct socia...
1- Survey
Why Should I Care? Surveys are very common. However, many are not done well. There are many trap...
2- Survey Questionnaire
Why Should I Care? Your Questionnaire can sink the scientific validity of your project. There is...
3 – Survey Interview
Why Should I Care? You would rather spend more time with respondents to dig into a topic. You pr...
4 – Experiment
Why Should I Care? Controlling the social environment to conduct science is prone to ethical iss...
5 – Field Work
Why Should I Care? Some of the best social science comes from field work, but many people are no...
6 – Unobtrusive Measurement
Why Should I Care? There are hidden messages and meanings in landmarks, and objects that cannot ...
7 – Content Analysis
Why Should I Care? There are hidden messages and meanings to media that we are exposed to every ...
8 – Available Data
Why Should I Care? Many – if not most – researchers are producing reports based on data that was...
1 – What is Social Science?
Why Should I Care? Without science, your beliefs are based on your elders experience, on superst...
2 – How to Build Knowledge Scientifically?
Why Should I Care? How research is conducted can affect the results of a scientific project. The...
3 – Citing Sources
Why Should I Care? It’s so easy now to buy a paper online. Teachers and all sorts of readers kno...
4 – Grey, News, Opiniated and User-Generated Media
Why Should I Care? The sources you chose will determine the quality of your work. Bias in your s...
5 – Reviewing the Literature
Why Should I Care? Listing and summarizing previous research results allows you to set a foundat...
7 – Measuring Variables
Why should I care? The accuracy of your project depends on whether or not you are measuring the ...
8 – Building a Hypothesis
Why Should I Care? How the data is gathered can affect the results, and the amount of time and r...
9 – Types of Logic
Why Should I Care? Your understanding of the problem depends on the type of logic you are using....
10 – Operationalization
Why Should I Care? How the data is gathered can affect the results, and the amount of time and r...
12 – Sampling
Why Should I Care? A bad sample will kill your scientific power. That’s all there is to it. Def...