
Introduction to Social Research
With Applications to the Caribbean
Canoe Press
Published on 30. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
167 pages
978-976-8125-22-4 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of social research with a Caribbean focus, this publication draws on similar works in the long line of literature by Caribbean social scientists. The areas covered include the research process and conceptual issues in social research; the structure of the enquiry process; different methods of observation; techniques for analysing and presenting data; ethical and political issues in social research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kingston
Jamaica
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, charts
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-976-8125-22-4 (9789768125224)
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Ian Boxill is Lecturer in Research Methods in Sociology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica. Boxill has published numerous regional and international journals, and is the author of Ideology and Caribbean Integration (1993) and co-editor of Human Resource Management: A Caribbean Perspective (1995). His research interests include culture, development and epistemology.