Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition

CHAPTER ONE Why We Do Research

CHAPTER TWO Finding Ideas to Research

CHAPTER THREE Designing Research: Concepts, Hypotheses, and Measurement

CHAPTER FOUR Developing a Questionnaire

CHAPTER FIVE Sampling

CHAPTER SIX Presenting Data: Descriptive Statistics

CHAPTER SEVEN Analyzing Data: Bivariate Relationships

CHAPTER EIGHT Analyzing Data: Comparing Means

CHAPTER NINE Analyzing Data: Multiple Variables

CHAPTER TEN Presenting Results, Making Conclusions, and Writing Reports

Appendix

References

Index

About the Author

Peter M. Nardi is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Colleges, former President of the Pacific Sociological Association, and author of Critical Thinking: Tools for Evaluating Research.