Earl Babbie Publications and Papers
1964

Paper
"Images of Man and de facto Segregation," presented to the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Montreal, August 29 (with Robert P. Rankin and Charles Y. Glock).


1965

Article
"The Religious Factor Looking Forward," Review of Religious Research, Fall:42-51.


1966

Article
"The Third Civilization: An Examination of Sokagakkai," Review of Religious Research, Winter:101-121.


1967

Book
To Comfort and to Challenge, Berkeley: University of California Press (with Charles Y. Glock and Benjamin B. Ringer).
Article
"A Religious Profile of Episcopal Churchwomen," Pacific Churchman, January:6-8,12; reprinted in part in Information Service (National Council of Churches) February 11.
Paper
"Sources of Medical Attitudes on Medicare and Infanticide," presented to the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, August 31.
Review
of Joachim Matthes, ed., International Yearbook for the Sociology of Religion, Vol. 1 for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Spring: 140-141.


1968

Paper
"Medical Science and Humane Patient Care," presented to The Hawaiian Academy of Science in Honolulu, November 22.
Review
of Jacob Feldman, The Dissemination of Health Information, for the American Sociological Review, April:318-319.


1969

Monograph
Oakland in Transition: A Summary of the 701 Household Survey, Berkeley: Survey Research Center (with William Nicholls)


1970

Book
Science and Morality in Medicine, Berkeley: University of California Press
Paper
 "Images of Man and Modern American Society," presented to the American Catholic Sociological Association in Washington, D.C., August 30.
Monograph
A Profile of the Honolulu Model Neighborhoods, 1969, Honolulu: Model Cities Project.


1971

Monograph
HUBRIS: Hawaii Uniform Bank and Remote Interactive System, University of Hawaii Survey Research Office.


1972

Monograph
The Maximillion Report, Citizens for Hawaii. (This report examines the relationship between population growth and quality of life in Hawaii. Between December 4, 1972, and July 9, 1973, I made 30 different public presentations on radio, television, in classrooms, and before community groups.)


1973

Book
Survey Research Methods, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Reprint
"The Third Civilization," in Charles Y. Glock, ed., Religion in Sociological Perspective, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Manual
"Instructor's Manual" to accompany Survey Research Methods.


1975

Book
The Practice of Social Research, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Workbook
"Practicing Social Research," Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (with Robert Huitt)
Comment
"Reply to Charles W. Hobart," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, December:283- 284 (with Charles Y. Glock).


1976

Paper
"What Have You Gotten After You `Get It'?: An Evaluation of Awareness Training Participants," presented to the American Psychiatric Association in Miami Beach, May 13 (with Donald Stone).


1977

Book
Society by Agreement, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Review
of David McClelland, Power: The Inner Experience, for the American Journal of Sociology, March:1168-1170.
Comment
 "A Comment on Postcards and Anonymity," AAPOR Newsletter, February:9.
Article
"An Evaluation of the est Experience by a National Sample of Graduates," Biosciences Communications, Vol. 3:123-140 (with Donald Stone).
Paper
"Innovative Techniques for Teaching Research Methods," presented to the American Sociological Association in Chicago, September 5.
Workshop
"The Best Introductory Sociology Course I Can Imagine," presented to the American Sociological Association in Chicago, September 6.
Review
 of Charles Y. Glock and Robert N. Bellah, eds., The New Religious Consciousness, for Social Forces, June:1101-1102.
Note
"Making It `Safe' to Study Sociology," Undergraduate Education Newsletter, November:4.
Article
"est in Prison General Overview," America Journal of Correction, November/December: 22- 23,36.


1978

Article
"est in Prison General Overview (Part II)," American Journal of Corrections, January/February: 25.
Article
"Unseating the Horseman: World Hunger," Honolulu Downtown Magazine, pp. 15-17.
Article
"A Self-Determined Future," Honolulu Star- Bulletin & Advertiser, April 9 (An invited contribution to a series on Hawaii Futures).
Roundtable
 "Social Agreements and Social Alignment," presented to the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, September 7.


1979

Book
The Practice of Social Research (Second Edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Workbook
Practicing Social Research (Second Edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (with Robert Huitt).


1980

Book
Sociology: An Introduction (Second Edition of Society by Agreement), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Roundtable
"Sociology and the End of World Hunger," American Sociological Association, August 27.


1981

Forum
"The Role of Sociologists in Ending World Hunger," Association for Humanist Sociology, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 25.
Article
"The Role of Sociology in Ending World Hunger," The Humanist Sociologist, December:4-7.


1982

Book
Understanding Sociology: A Context for Action, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Book
Social Research for Consumers, Belmont, CA: Wads-worth Publishing Co.
Article
"Putting the Text in Textbook," The ASA Teaching Newsletter, Fall: 28-29.


1983

Book
The Practice of Social Research (Third Edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Workbook
Practicing Social Research (Third Edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (with Theodore Wagenaar).
Book
Sociology: An Introduction (Third Edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Journal
"Hunger: Sociological Perspectives," a special issue of Humanity and Society, November 1983, co-edited with Richard H. Wells.
Roundtable
"Problems in Teaching Research Methods," at the meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 7.
Roundtable
"Microcomputer Applications in Research Methods Classes," at the meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 17.


1984

Book
 Apple Logo for Teachers, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Disk
"Supplemental Disk to Accompany Apple Logo for Teachers," Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., a computer disk and manual.
Roundtable
"Microcomputers and Teaching Sociology," at the meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 18.


1985

Book
You Can Make a Difference: The Heroic Potential Within Us All, New York: St. Martin's Press.  Subsequently posted at <http://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/socsci/sociology/Faculty/Babbie/YCMAD/index.html>


1986

Book
The Practice of Social Research (Fourth edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Workbook
Practicing Social Research (Fourth Edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (with Theodore Wagenaar).
Disk
"Supplemental Disk to accompany The Practice of Social Research," Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (with Jeff Jacques)
Book
Observing Ourselves: Essays in Social Research, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Paper
"Concepts in the Ontology of Everday Life," Pacific Association for Public Opinion Research," March 15, Asilomar CA.
Paper
"Values, Opinions, and Identity," American Sociological Association, August 30, New York.
AudioTapes
You Can Make a Difference, Newman Communications. A two-tape audio cassette album on the theme of individuals making a difference. Includes interviews with John Denver, Wally Amos, and others.

1987

Book
The Sociological Spirit: Critical Essays in a Critical Science, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Paper
"Methodological Challenges of Studies of New Age Phenomena," presented at the MidWest Sociological Society, April 15.
Review
of Morton Hunt, Profiles of Social Research: The Scientific Study of Human Interactions, for Teaching Sociology, April:214-215.


1988

Excerpt
"You Can Make a Difference" in Abe Arkoff, Psychology and Personal Growth, Boston: Allyn and Bacon, pp. 34-39.
Article
“Why I Belong to the ASA,” Footnotes, November, 1988, p9.
Review
of A. J. Jaffe and Herbert F. Spirer, Misused Statistics: Straight Talk for Twisted Numbers, for Contemporary Sociology, March: 269.


1989

Book
The Practice of Social Research, fifth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Workbook
Practicing Social Research (Fifth Edition), Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (with Theodore Wagenaar).
Book
Research Methods for Social Work, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. (with Allen Rubin).
Paper
"The Essential Wisdom of Sociology," presented to the American Sociological Association, August 13.


1990

Book
Survey Research Methods, second edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth)
Chapter
"Channels to Elsewhere," in Thomas Robbins and Dick Anthony, eds, In Gods We Trust, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, pp. 255-268.
Article
"The Essential Wisdom of Sociology," Teaching Sociology, a revision of 1989 ASA paper of the same title, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 526-530, 540 (October, 1990). Published with comments by four sociologists and my response to their comments.
Keynote
"Sociologists and the Future of California," keynote address to the founding convention of the California Sociological Association, Carson, CA, October 13, 1990.


1991

Foreign Travel
During the Spring of 1991, I travelled in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, meeting with faculty, doing field research on social structure, and giving talks on research methods and individuals making a difference.


1992

Book
The Practice of Social Research, sixth edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth)
Article
“Sociology: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,” Footnotes, May 1992, page 3.


1993

Book
Research Methods for Social Work, second edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. (with Allen Rubin).
Book
What is Society?, Newbury Park, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Book
Adventures in Social Research, Newbury Park, CA: Pine Forge Press. (with Fred Halley).
Keynote
Sociology: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, keynote address to the Society for Applied Sociology," October 16, St. Louis, Missouri.


1994

Book
The Sociological Spirit, second edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Entries
Asher, R. E. and J. M. Y. Simpson (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Oxford: Pergamon; entries on: Reliability/Validity, Scaling Techniques, and Survey Sampling.


1995

Book
The Practice of Social Research, seventh edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth)
Book
Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth )with Michael Maxfield)
Book
Adventures in Social Research for Windows, Newbury Park, CA: Pine Forge Press. (with Fred Halley).


1996

Article
“Sociology Under Fire or Firing Up?” Social Insight, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 31-34
Article
“We Am a Virtual Community,” The American Sociologist, Spring, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 65-71


1997

Book
Research Methods for Social Work, third edition, Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole. (with Allen Rubin).
Book
Adventures in Criminal Justice Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with George W. Dowdall and Fred Halley)
Book
Exploring Social Issues: Using SPSS for Windows, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with Joseph F. Healey and Fred Halley)


1998

Book
The Practice of Social Research, eighth edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth)
Book
Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, second edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (with Michael Maxfield)
Book
Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows 95, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with Fred Halley)
Reissue
Observing Ourselves: Essays in Social Research, Reissued by Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press


1999

Book
The Basics of Social Research, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Book
Exploring Social Issues: Using SPSS for Windows 95, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with Fred Halley, Joseph F. Healy, and John Boli)
Book
Adventures in Criminal Justice Research, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with (George Dowdall, Kim Logio, and Fred Halley)


2000

Book
Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows 95/98, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with Fred Halley and Jeanne Zaino)
Keynote
"Confessions of a Methods Monger," delivered to the Southern Sociological Society, April 22, 2000, in New Orleans.  Click here to hear the speech.  The recording is incomplete, alas, but a full version will be published shortly online or on the corpses of trees.
Keynote
"Sociology and Unity," delivered to the joint meeting of the Sociological Practice Association and Society for Applied Sociology, August 12, 2000, in Bethesda, MD.  Remarks followed my being awarded the 2000 Lester F. Ward Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Sociology. Click here  for my address.


2001

Book
The Practice of Social Research, ninth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Book
Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, third edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (with Michael Maxfield)
Book
Research Methods for Social Work, , fourth edition, Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole. (with Allen Rubin).


2002

Book
Fundamentals of Social Research, Canada: Nelson (with Lucia Benaquisto)
Book The Basics of Social Research, second edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth


2003

Book
Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows, fourth edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with Fred Halley and Jeanne Zaino)


2004

Book
The Basics of Communication Research, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (with Leslie Baxter)
Book
Adventures in Criminal Justice Research, third edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with George W. Dowdall, Kim A. Logio, and Fred Halley)
Book
The Practice of Social Research, tenth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Book
Essentials Research Methods for Social Work, Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole (with Allen Rubin)
Article
"Lessons Learned from Teaching Quantitative Methods," Qualitative Research Journal, Special Issue 2003: 12-23
Article
"Laud Humphreys and Research Ethics," International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 24 Number 3/4/5, pp. 12-18.
Paper
"Sociology: An Idea Whose Time Has Come," Presidential Address, Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, April 16, 2004


2005

Book
Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, fourth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (with Michael Maxfield)
Book
Research Methods for Social Work, fifth edition, Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole. (with Allen Rubin).
Book The Basics of Social Research, third edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth


2006

Book
Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (with Michael Maxfield)


2007

Book
Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS for Windows, fifth edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press (with Fred Halley and Jeanne Zaino)
Book The Practice of Social Research, eleventh edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Book Essentials Research Methods for Social Work, second edition, Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole (with Allen Rubin)


2008

Book
Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, fifth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth (with Michael Maxfield)
Book
Research Methods for Social Work, sixth edition, Belmont, CA: Brooks Cole. (with Allen Rubin).
Book
The Basics of Social Research, fourth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth


2009

Book
Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology, second edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth


2010

Book
The Practice of Social Research, twelfth edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Book
Exploring Social Issues, Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, third edition (with Fred Halley, Joseph F. Healy, and John Boli)