The art and science of social research / Deborah Carr, Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Benjamin Cornwell, Shelley Correll, Robert Crosnoe, Jeremy Freese, Mary C. Waters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Deborah, author.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, 1962- author.

Cornwell, Benjamin, author.

Correll, Shelley Joyce, author.

Crosnoe, Robert, author.

Freese, Jeremy, author.

Waters, Mary C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 481, A-21, G-15, B-42, C-4, I-20 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]

Summary:

"Show your students how social research really unfolds. Written by a team of renowned sociologists with experience in both the field and the classroom, The Art and Science of Social Research offers authoritative, accessible, and balanced coverage of the methods used to study the social world. The authors highlight the challenges of investigating the unpredictable topic of human lives while providing insights into what really happens in the field, the laboratory, and the survey call center. A streamlined Second Edition is now accompanied by three new InQuizitive activities and writing tutorials that help students master the building blocks of research and hone key writing skills."-- Amazon.com description.

Contents:

The art and science of social research : an introduction

Research foundations : linking sociological theory to research

Ethical issues in social science research

From concepts to models : hypotheses, operationalization, and measurement

Evaluating research : reliability and validity

Sampling strategies

Survey research

Experimental research

Evaluation research

Ethnography

In-depth interviewing

Materials-based methods

Univariate and bivariate analysis of quantitative data

Communicating social science research findings

Social network analysis

Multivariate and advanced quantitative methods

Analysis of qualitative data.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Written by a team of renowned sociologists with experience in both the field and the classroom, The Art and Science of Social Research offers authoritative, accessible, and balanced coverage of the methods used to study the social world. The authors highlight the challenges of investigating the unpredictable topic of human lives while providing insights into what really happens in the field, the laboratory, and the survey call center. A streamlined Second Edition is now accompanied by three new InQuizitive activities and writing tutorials that help students master the building blocks of research and hone key writing skills"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780393537529

0393537528

OCLC:

1198989188

Publisher Number:

90101256769