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The Basics of Social Research 6th Edition by Earl Babbie

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1133594147
book The Basics of Social Research 6th Edition by Earl Babbie cover

The Basics of Social Research 6th Edition by Earl Babbie

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1133594147
Exercise 1
Analyze a quantitative research report: Stanley Lieberson, Susan Dumais, and Shyon Baumann, "The Instability of Androgynous Names: The Symbolic Maintenance of Gender Boundaries," American Journal of Sociology 105, no. 5 (March 2000): 1249. (This can be accessed in print or online through InfoTrac College Edition, for example.) Use the following questions as your guide:
a. What are the theoretical underpinnings of the study?
b. How are some of the key variables such as androgynous, racial , and gender segregation conceptualized and operationalized?
c. What data is this research based on?
d. Are there controlling variables?
e. What is the unit of analysis?
f. What type of analysis was done?
g. What did the authors find?
h. What are the strengths and weaknesses in this study?
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