num_pages: 664
description: The Fourth Edition of Russell Schutt′s successful social research text, Investigating the Social The Process and Practice of Research, links the "doing" of social research to important social issues, including research on the Internet and social relations, substance abuse, homelessness, and gender roles. The Fourth Edition now includes a new chapter on evaluation research (Chapter 10) and a new, comprehensive qualitative data and content analysis chapter (Chapter 13). The qualitative analysis software integrated into the text and CD is now from HyperRESEARCH and an expanded, comprehensive Instructor′s Resource CD containing PowerPoint slide sets for each chapter, test questions, illustrations from the book for transparency masters, and much more is available. Investigating the Social World is an engaging, accessible introductory text for research methods courses in sociology, criminal justice, social work, communication and journalism, and political science and public administration.        
language: English
title: Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research
titlecomplete: Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research
genres: Sociology, School, College, Research, Textbooks, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 121
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc