Title:
Methods of family research / Theodore N. Greenstein.
Author:
Greenstein, Theodore N.
Publication Information:
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Pulications, ©2006.
Call Number:
HQ10 .G724 2006
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005023034.htmlTable of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=015035893&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005023034-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2005023034-d.html
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781412916776
Physical Description:
xvii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Why do research on families? -- Causal inference in family research -- Searching and reading the literature -- Using the internet to study families -- How do we measure concepts? -- Studying families : quantitative methods -- Studying families : qualitative methods -- Studying families : mixed methods -- Sampling issues -- Working with scales and indices -- Analyzing data on families -- Using other people's data -- Evaluating family programs -- The ethics and politics of family research.
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