Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
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Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods 7e is a highly regarded text that presents a comprehensive and balanced introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research with an emphasis on the benefits of combining various approaches.New this edition: MyResearchKit—Social Research Methods 7E can be packaged with this text at no additional cost (ISBN: 0205751342) or purchased separately.MyResearchKit includes:Multiple-choice practice test questions Flashcards of key terms Short research exercises (previously in the workbook) SPSS data sets: included in MyResearchKit - are used in some of the research exercises Social Explorer: census data from 1790 - present A “Social Research in the News” blog Writing tutorial: covers documenting sources, avoiding plagiarism, and various kinds of writing assignments (literature reviews, abstracts, research proposals, etc.) MySearchLab: a search engine for retrieving scholarly research articles from hundreds of academic journals Booknews A textbook for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in the social sciences and associated applied areas, containing a minimum of technical statistical formulas and discussions, and emphasizing instead how to think about research design and data collection issues. This edition (1st ed., 1991) gives increased attention to the relationship between theory and research, and more attention to feminist research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Ch. 1Science and research1Ch. 2Dimensions of research23Ch. 3Theory and research49Ch. 4The meanings of methodology79Ch. 5The literature review and ethical concerns110Ch. 6Qualitative and quantitative research designs149Ch. 7Qualitative and quantitative measurement179Ch. 8Qualitative and quantitative sampling219Ch. 9Experimental research246Ch. 10Survey research272Ch. 11Nonreactive research and secondary analysis320Ch. 12Analysis of quantitative data343Ch. 13Field research378Ch. 14Historical-comparative research418Ch. 15Analysis of qualitative data457Ch. 16Writing the research report and the politics of social research490
