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    <namePart type="date">1940-</namePart>
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    <publisher>Wadsworth</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2011</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2011</dateIssued>
    <edition>10a ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>ix, 198 p. : ill. 22 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>A concise introduction to the fundamental concepts of social scientific thinking and research. For use in the broad social sciences including poliitical science, sociology, and psychology.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Thinking scientifically -- Elements of science -- Strategies -- Refinements -- Measuring variables and relationships -- Reflections : back to the roots.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Kenneth Hoover, Todd Donovan.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-91) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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