Table of Contents

Preface 1. Why Do We Do Research 2. Finding Ideas to Research 3. Designing Research: Concepts, Hypotheses, and Measurement 4. Developing a Questionnaire 5. Sampling 6. Presenting Data: Descriptive Statistics 7. Analyzing Data: Bivariate Relationships 8. Analyzing Data: Comparing Means 9. Analyzing Data: Multiple Variables 10. Presenting Results, Making Conclusions, and Writing Reports Appendix References Index

About the Author

Peter M. Nardi is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Pitzer College and former President of the Pacific Sociological Association.