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Research Methods in the Social Sciences

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With its clear presentation and integration of detailed real-world examples, this acclaimed core textbook accessibly illustrates the relevance of social sciences research without sacrificing key content. The eighth edition includes engaging new studies and examples that explore the use of Twitter feeds in social sciences research, the effect of climate change on human conflict, the use of rational intuition in explaining the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion, and much more. 
The eighth edition also includes new and expanded coverage of the use of the Internet and various computer software packages for retrieving, cleaning, coding, and analysing "big data”.  This textbook is core reading for undergraduate Social Science students taking modules in Research Methods.


Table of Contents:
Part I FOUNDATIONS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH.- 1 The Scientific Approach.- 2 Conceptual Foundations of Research.- 3 Elements of Research.- 4 Ethics in Social Science Research.- Part II DESIGN AND STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH.- 5 Research Designs: Experiments.- 6 Research Designs: Cross-Sectional and Quasi-Experimental Designs.- 7 Measurement.- 8 Sampling and Sample Designs.- Part III DATA COLLECTION.- 9 Observational Methods.- 10 Survey Research.- 11 Questionnaire Construction.- 12 Qualitative Research.- 13 Secondary Data Analysis and Sources.- Part IV DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS.- 14 Data Preparation and Analysis.- 15 The Univariate Distribution.- 16 Bivariate Analysis.- 17 Control, Elaboration, and Multivariate Analysis.- 18 Index Construction and Scaling Methods.- 19 Inferences.- Appendices.- A Writing Research Reports.- B ?: The Summation Sign.- C Random Digits.- D Areas under the Normal Curve.- E Distribution of t.- F Critical Values of F.- G Distribution of c 2.- Glossary.- Author Index.- Subject Index.



About the Author :

Chava Frankfort-Nachmias is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. David Nachmias is a Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and holds the Romulo Betancourt Chair in Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Jack DeWaard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Graduate Faculty in Population Studies in the Minnesota Population Center at University of Minnesota.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781429233002
  • Publisher: MacMillan Learning
  • Publisher Imprint: Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 485
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 1429233001
  • Publisher Date: 17 Oct 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y


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