Rural Social Survey Methods

Author: Zhong Zhangbao
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Publish Date: 2010-02-11
Features: This book is a result of the Ministry of Education's "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum Systems in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century," serving as a curriculum textbook for the 21st century and a textbook under the Ministry of Agriculture's "Nineth Five-Year Plan." It is a revised version of the collective writing by the Department of Sociology at Huazhong Agricultural University, titled "Principles and Methods of Rural Social Survey," which was developed based on over a decade of teaching experience in sociology, agricultural economics and management, and agricultural science programs. After three rounds of curriculum reform trials, this book has been rewritten. It serves as a core textbook for sociology majors in higher education institutions, particularly for rural sociology, as well as a selective course textbook for agricultural economics majors in agricultural and forestry colleges. Additionally, it is an excellent textbook for quality education courses for students in agricultural and forestry majors, and can also be used as a reference book for scholars engaged in social science research and grassroots rural workers at all levels. The book covers the theoretical foundations and basic principles of rural social survey methods, the general procedures of rural social surveys, methods of collecting data for rural social surveys, and the organization and analysis of survey data.