W. Lawrence Neuman

Basics of Social Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Preparing students to do research and understand what research can do.

Basics of Social Research helps students understand what research can and cannot do, become better consumers of research, and learn why properly conducted research is important.

This text teaches students to be better consumers of research results and understand how the research enterprise works, preparing them to conduct small research projects. Upon completing this text, students will gain an awareness of the capabilities and restrictions of research, and learn why properly conducted research is important. Using clear, accessible language and examples from real research, this text discusses both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research, emphasizing the benefits of combining various approaches.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson HigherEducation
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292033679
• Artikelnr.: 41939286

Autorenporträt

W. Lawrence Neuman James is professor of sociology and Asian Studies coordinator at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His M.A. and Ph.D. were earned at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has authored seven books and published 35 articles and book chapters, which have appeared in Social Problems, Sociological Inquiry, Social Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Critical Asian Studies, Teaching Sociology, The Journal of Contemporary Asia, Sociological Quarterly, and other journals . He is a former president of the Wisconsin Sociological Association. Neuman has received his university's highest award for research, the Chancellor's Award for service to students with disabilities, as well as the the Wisconsin Sociological Association's Outstanding Service Award, and the College of Letters and Sciences awards for outstanding teaching, excellence in research, and outstanding service.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Foundations
Chapter 1: Doing Social Research  
Chapter 2: Theory and Social Research  
Chapter 3: Ethics in Social Research  
Chapter 4: Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study  
Chapter 5: Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement  
Chapter 6: Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling  
Part II: Conducting Quantitative Research  
Chapter 7: Survey Research  
Chapter 8: Experimental Research  
Chapter 9: Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis   
Chapter 10: Analysis of Quantitative Data  
Part III: Conducting Qualitative Research
Chapter 11: Field Research and Focus Group Research  
Chapter 12: Historical-Comparative Research  
Chapter 13: Analysis of Qualitative Data  
Part IV: Research Reports
Chapter 14: Writing the Research Report