Earl Babbie

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Earl Robert Babbie (born January 8, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan), is an American sociologist who holds the position of Campbell Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University. He is best known for his book The Practice of Social Research (first published in 1975), currently in its 12th English edition, with numerous non-English editions. Earl Babbie was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Vermont and New Hampshire. In 1956, at the age of eighteen, he moved to Harvard Yard to attend Harvard College on an Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship where he graduated in 1960 with an B.A. in Social relations. From 1960-1963 Babbie served tours in the United States Marine Corps, as a disbursing officer in Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines.