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Niall O'Dochartaigh (2002): The Internet Research Handbook: A Practical Guide
for Students and Researchers in the Social Sciences. London, Sage.
Stephen W. Raudenbush and Anthony S. Bryk, "Hierarchical
Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods,
Second Edition", 2002, Sage Publications, London, bibliography,
index, 485 pp., isbn 0 7619 1904 x, volume 1 in the
series Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the
Social Sciences, 14 chapters.
Uwe Matzat, "Social Networks and Cooperation in
Electronic Communities: A Theoretical-Empirical Analysis
of Academic Communication and Internet Discussion
Groups", 2002, Thela Publishers, Amsterdam,
bibliography, 275 pp., isbn 90 367 1541 5,
volume 80 of the ICS Ph.D. series, seven chapters.
Lawrence C. Marsh and David R. Cormier, "Spline
Regression Models", 2002, Sage Publications, London,
bibliography, 69 pp., volume 137 of the series
Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences,
six chapters.
Kimberly A. Neuendorf, "The Content Analysis Guidebook",
2002, Sage Publications, London, bibliography, indexes,
301 pp., isbn 0 7619 1978 3, nine chapters.
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