Description
Contents
PART 1: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH
Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Social Research: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Research Foundations: Linking Sociological Theory to Research
Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Social Science Research
PART 2: BUILDING BLOCKS OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Chapter 4: From Concepts to Models: Hypotheses, Operationalization, and Measurement
Chapter 5: Evaluating Research: Reliability and Validity
Chapter 6: Sampling Strategies
PART 3: RESEARCH APPROACHES
Chapter 7: Survey Research
Chapter 8: Experimental Research
Chapter 9: Evaluation Research
Chapter 10: Ethnography
Chapter 11: In-Depth Interviewing
Chapter 12: Materials-Based Methods
Chapter 13: Social Network Analysis
PART 4: ANALYZING AND PRESENTING RESULTS
Chapter 14: Univariate and Bivariate Analysis of Quantitative Data
Chapter 15: Multivariate and Advanced Quantitative Methods
Chapter 16: Analysis of Qualitative Data
Chapter 17: Communicating Social Science Research Findings
