Description
CONTENTS
The Value of Social Research
Avoiding Errors in Reasoning About the Social World
Types of Social Research
Quantitative and/or Qualitative Methods
Conclusions
Social Research Questions
Social Research Foundations
Social Theories
Social Research Strategies
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Designs
Social Research Standards
Conclusions
Historical Background
Ethical Principles
The Institutional Review Board
Conclusions
Concepts
From Concepts to Indicators
From Observations to Concepts
Measurement Alternatives
Levels of Measurement
Units of Analysis
Evaluating Measures
Conclusions
Sample Planning
Sampling Methods
Generalizability in Qualitative Research
Conclusions
Causal Explanations and Experimental Design
Quasi-Experimental Designs
Validity in Experimental Designs
Ethical Issues in Experimental Research
Conclusions
Survey Research in the Social Sciences
Writing Survey Questions
Combining Questions in Indexes
Designing Questionnaires
Organizing Surveys
Ethical Issues in Survey Research
Conclusions
Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods
Primary Qualitative Methods
Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
Conclusions
Unobtrusive Measures
Secondary Data Analysis
Big Data
Historical and Comparative Research
Content Analysis
Ethical Issues in Unobtrusive Methods
Conclusions
Evaluation Research Basics
Questions for Evaluation Research
Mixed Methods
Ethics in Evaluation
Conclusions
Introducing Statistics
Displaying Univariate Distributions
Summarizing Univariate Distributions
Crosstabs
Regression Analysis
Analyzing Data Ethically
Conclusions
Features of Qualitative Data Analysis
Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis
Visual Sociology
Systematic Observation
Participatory Action Research
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
Corroboration/Legitimization of Conclusions
Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis
Conclusions
Writing Research
Ethics, Politics, and Research Reports
Plagiarism
Conclusions
