02153cam a2200325 i 450000100090000000300170000900500170002600800410004301000170008402000460010104000290014704200080017605000240018408200160020810000180022424500660024225000190030826000490032726400090037630000460038533600210043133700250045233800230047750001040050050400670060450510550067165000270172665000510175370000230180418722405Chinhoyi Univers20240416063723.0150730s2016    caua     b    001 0 eng    a  2015029095  a9781506306810 (pbk. : alk. paper)c$97.00  aDLCbengcDLCerdadD LC  apcc00aHV6024.5b.B33 201700a364.072223  aBachman Ronet14aThe practice of research in criminology and criminal justice   aSixth Edition.  aLos Angeles :bSAGE Publications, Inc.c2017 1b,c]  axxii, 520 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aRevised edition of the authors' The practice of research in criminology and criminal justice, 2014.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 495-508) and index.0 aPreface -- Acknowledgments -- Science, society, and criminological research -- The process and problems of criminology research -- Doing research ethically -- Fundamentals of research -- Conceptualization and measurement -- Sampling -- Causation and research design -- Research designs -- Experimental and quasi-experimental designs -- Survey research -- Qualitative methods: observing, participating, and listening -- Analyzing content : secondary analysis, content analysis, crime mapping, and -- Big data -- Evaluation research -- Mixing and comparing methods -- After the data are collected -- Analyzing quantitative data -- Analyzing qualitative data -- Reporting research results -- Appendix A: Questions to ask about a research article -- Appendix B: How to read a research article -- On student study site: edge.sagepub.com/bachmanprccj6e -- Appendix C: How to use a statistical package: IBM SPSS statistics -- Appendix D: How to use a data spreadsheet : excel -- Appendix E: Data sets -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the authors. 0aCriminologyxResearch. 0aCriminal justice, Administration ofxResearch.1 aSchutt, Russell K.