Social Research Methods by Example Applications in the Modern World

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"The text you're holding is different from any other social science research methods book on the market. Unlike research methods that tell students about research, this text shows students how real researchers carry out work on the cutting edge of social science, showing how social science works, rather than just telling. Each chapter consists of a number of case studies, which describe the methods and findings of new, classic, or interesting work in the social sciences, and the text then uses these examples to illustrate the concepts that students need to master in order to analyze studies, and carry out their own research. For the instructor, these chapters can function as lecture notes, introducing the students to the craft of research through interesting and thought-provoking examples. The examples come from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, political science, women and gender studies, psychology, and criminology. It is, therefore, an interdisciplinary textbook that will appeal to a wide range of students. For the students, rather than dry theoretical instruction, this textbook will illustrate every point through engaging, colorful, and thought-provoking examples. Rather than abstract ideas, each concept, technique, or idea is demonstrated through real life, not made up for class research. While other texts resort to examples from biology and other physical sciences, everything in this text is drawn from the social sciences, and nearly all of it is research that students could conceivably carry out themselves."--taken from Preface, page xi.

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