2007Medical Entomology and ZoologyRequires access

Fundamentals of Social Research Methods: An African Perspective

Claire Bless, Craig Higson-Smith, Ashraf Kagee

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The different methods of acquiring knowledge the scientific method applied to social reality problem conception and background information variables and hypothesis formulation the types of research community-centred research research design sampling data collection - basic concepts and techniques research ethics reliability and validity of measurements interpretation of results and writing a research report concluding remarks.

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The different methods of acquiring knowledge the scientific method applied to social reality problem conception and background information variables and hypothesis formulation the types of research community-centred research research design sampling data collection - basic concepts and techniques research ethics reliability and validity of measurements interpretation of results and writing a research report concluding remarks.

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The different methods of acquiring knowledge the scientific method applied to social reality problem conception and background information variables and hypothesis formulation the types of research community-centred research research design sampling data collection - basic concepts and techniques research ethics reliability and validity of measurements interpretation of results and writing a research report concluding remarks.

Key concepts: Perspective (graphical), Social research, Interpretation (philosophy), Management science, Data collection, Reliability (semiconductor), Research design, Sampling (signal processing)

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