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Informationen zum Autor Bruce K. Friesen! PhD! is associate professor of sociology at the University of Tampa. He has held previous faculty positions at Kent State University and the University ofCalgary (Canada)! among others. He is the recipient of several teaching excellence awards. Klappentext Designing and Conducting Your First Interview ProjectUsing 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. Zusammenfassung Designing and Conducting Your First Interview ProjectUsing 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Exhibits! Figures! and Tables.Preface.The Author.1 Choosing a Topic.How Social Scientists Choose a Topic to Study.Pursuing Your Own Interests.Things to Consider as Your Class Chooses a Topic.2 Literature Review.An Opportunity for You to Help Humankind.Searching for Journal Articles.Conducting Your Literature Review.3 Refining Your Study: Concepts and Relationships.From Concept to Relationship.The Causal Model.Being Specific: Turning a Relationship into a Hypothesis.Tying Your Hypothesis Back to Your Literature Review.4 Developing Your Theory: Thinking Made Explicit.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.5 Research Design 1: Concepts and Planning.Validity and Reliability.Steps in Research Design.Step One: Defi ne Concepts.Step Two: Plan the Study.6 Research Design 2: Methods and Sampling.Step Three: Choose a Data Collection Method.Step Four: Identify Your Population and Sampling Method.7 The Interview Schedule: Operationalization.Operationalizing Variables.The Process of Operational...
