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Designed for use by students as a text and professionals as a reference, this covers basic theories and methods and also describes applications in studies of population, health, poverty, development, education, water usage, the environment, and natural resource management. Consultant Singh makes good use of popular software tools in his descriptions of the development of research techniques, the genesis and scope of social research, research processes, sampling and sample size estimation, data analysis, and multivariate analysis, and provides real-world cases studies applying methods and techniques to help new researchers choose appropriate methods. He thoughtfully provides appendices on mathematical theories, probability theories and Z and T distributions, and also gives step-by-step instructions to organize and analyze data using such software as SPSS. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
