Overview
A user-friendly guide to understanding social research and statistics. Fun to read, this successful class-tested book provides step-by-step guidance using numerous real-life examples and applications. This concise book attempts to make research fun and interesting by using concrete examples, funny vignettes and worked-out problems. MARKET : For anyone interested in improving in research methods.
Synopsis
Glicken (Central Michigan U.) presents a brief supplementary text to help students in the social sciences understand social research and statistics. From his experiences as a professor of social work in graduate research, the author knows research can be a challenging area for many students, so has purposely written the text to make the topic appealing and accessible to students. Though academic, the tone is conversational and entertaining, and real-world examples illustrate the concepts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR