Investigating the social world
Subtitle: the process and practice of research
By: Russell K. Schutt
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9781412999809; 9781412999816
Subjects: Social problems; Social sciences; Research
Description: "A comprehensive, balanced text text for Research Methods courses found in Sociology, Communication/Journalism, Political Science, Public Administration, and other social science disciplines. It is used in undergraduate through graduate level courses"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science, society, and social research; title: The process and problems of social research; title: Research ethics and philosophies; title: Conceptualization and measurement; title: Sampling; title: Research design and causation; title: Experiments; title: Survey research; title: Qualitative methods; title: Qualitative data analysis; title: Evaluation and policy research; title: Historical and comparative research; title: Secondary data analysis and content analysis; title: Quantitative data analysis; title: Summarizing and reporting research; title: Appendix A: Questions to ask about a research article; title: Appendix B: How to read a research article; title: Appendix C: Table of random numbers.