Social Science Research - Principles, Methods, and Practices

University of South Florida Scholar Commons Open Access Textbooks 1-1-2012 Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices Anol Bhattacherjee University of South Florida, abhatt@usf.edu Recommended Citation Bhattacherjee, Anol, "Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices" (2012).Open Access Textbooks.Book 3. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Textbooks by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contactscholarcommons@usf.edu. Source: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/ Saylor course: http://www.saylor.org/courses/polsc251/ SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: PRINCIPLES, METHODS, AND PRACTICES ANOL BHATTACHERJEE Global Text Project Source: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/ Saylor course: http://www.saylor.org/courses/polsc251/ SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH: PRINCIPLES, METHODS, AND PRACTICES Anol Bhattacherjee, Ph.D. University of South Florida Tampa, Florida, USA abhatt@usf.edu Second Edition Copyright © 2012 by Anol Bhattacherjee A free text book published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License The Global Text Project is funded by the Jacobs Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland Source: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/ Saylor course: http://www.saylor.org/courses/polsc251/ Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices, 2nd edition By Anol Bhattacherjee First published 2012 ISBN-13: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License: Users are free to use, copy, share, distribute, display, and reference this book under the following conditions:  ATTRIBUTION: Whole or partial use of this book should be attributed (referenced or cited) according to standard academic practices.  NON-COMMERCIAL USE: This book may not be used for commercial purposes.  NO DERIVATIVE WORKS: Users may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. For any reuse or distribution, the license terms of this work must be clearly specified. Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above. Copyright © 2012 by Anol Bhattacherjee Source: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/ Saylor course: http://www.saylor.org/courses/polsc251/ Table of Contents About the Author...................................................................................................................... 2 Preface.................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction to Research 1. Science and Scientific Research..................................................................................................................... 5 2. Thinking like a Researcher............................................................................................................................13 3. The Research Process ......................................................................................................................................20 4. Theories in Scientific Research ....................................................................................................................28 Basics of Empirical Research 5. Research Design.................................................................................................................................................38 6. Measurement of Constructs..........................................................................................................................45 7. Scale Reliability and Validity ........................................................................................................................57 8. Sampling................................................................................................................................................................67 Data Collection 9. Survey Research.................................................................................................................................................75 10. Experimental Research...................................................................................................................................85 11. Case Research.....................................................................................................................................................95 12. Interpretive Research..................................................................................................................................105 Data Analysis 13. Qualitative Analysis ......................................................................................................................................114 14. Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics......................................................................................119 15. Quantitative Analysis: Inferential Statistics........................................................................................127 Epilogue 16. Research Ethics...............................................................................................................................................134 Appendix........................................................................................................................................................................140 1 Source: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/ Saylor course: http://www.saylor.org/courses/polsc251/ ... - tailieumienphi.vn