This highly regarded text present a comprehensive and balanced introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research, emphasizing the benefits of combining various approaches. Dozens of new examples from actual research studies help illustrate concepts and methods.
Synopsis
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
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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)
About the Author, W. Lawrence Neuman
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.
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)
