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Investigating the Social World
The Process and Practice of Research
Eighth Edition
- Russell K. Schutt - University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
A student-friendly textbook that introduces the most cutting-edge research methods applied to engaging social issues.
688 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
In this exciting new Eighth Edition of his leading social research text, author Russell K. Schutt, an award-winning researcher and teacher, continues to make the field come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter. Through numerous examples and hands-on exercises that help students learn by doing, Investigating the Social World helps readers understand research methods as an integrated whole. Readers will learn to appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and understand the need to make ethical research decisions while also learning about research on contemporary social issues like the Internet and social relations, the police response to domestic violence, the sources of democracy, the determinants of voting, the impact of disasters, and the causes of violence.
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Contributor to the SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award
Find out more at www.sagepub.com/sociologyaward
Available with Perusall—an eBook that makes it easier to prepare for class
Perusall is an award-winning eBook platform featuring social annotation tools that allow students and instructors to collaboratively mark up and discuss their SAGE textbook. Backed by research and supported by technological innovations developed at Harvard University, this process of learning through collaborative annotation keeps your students engaged and makes teaching easier and more effective. Learn more.
PART I: FOUNDATIONS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
CHAPTER 1: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
CHAPTER 2: THE RESEARCH PROCESS
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHIES
PART II: FUNDAMENTALS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
CHAPTER 4: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT
CHAPTER 5: SAMPLING
CHAPTER 6: RESEARCH DESIGN AND CAUSATION
PART III: BASIC SOCIAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
CHAPTER 7: EXPERIMENTS
CHAPTER 8: SURVEY RESEARCH
CHAPTER 9: QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 10: QUALITATIVE METHODS: OBSERVING, PARTICIPATING, LISTENING
CHAPTER 11: QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
PART IV: ADVANCED SOCIAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
CHAPTER 12: EVALUATION AND POLICY RESEARCH
CHAPTER 13: HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE RESEARCH AND CONTENT ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 14: SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS AND BIG DATA
CHAPTER 15: MIXED METHODS
CHAPTER 16: SUMMARIZING AND REPORTING RESEARCH
Bibliography
Glossary
Useful reference book for student library. Suits the higher level candidate.
VTOS, Co Louth VEC
December 10, 2014
accessible review of social science; it's missing analytical skills and writing skills, which I cover with other texts
International and Area Studies, Univ Of California-Berkeley
November 25, 2014
Still considering this book with other texts for my research methods course. It's a finalist.
Sociology Anthropology Dept, Quinnipiac University
August 15, 2015