BUNDLE: Chambliss, Making Sense of the Social World 3e + Babbie, Adventures in Social Research 7e - Softcover
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Chambliss: Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation, Third Edition
Ideal for students who need to understand methodologies and results, but who may never undertake major research projects themselves, Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation offers an innovative, accurate introduction to social research with balanced treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods, integration of substantive examples and research techniques, and consistent attention to the goal of validity and the standards of ethical practice. This Third Edition of Daniel F. Chambliss and Russell K. Schutt′s bestselling text features a new chapter on evaluation research, a new chapter on research ethics, revised coverage of qualitative methods and updates throughout the text.
Features and Benefits
- Offers a brief, engaging, and sometimes humorous treatment of social research methods, making this an introductory textbook that students actually like to read
- Covers all essential elements of social research methods including validity, causation, experimental and quasi-experimental design, and techniques of analysis
- Includes real data and updated examples that emphasize everyday experiences and current issues
- Offers revised end-of-chapter exercises that now include new ethics exercises
- Includes contemporary coverage of web-based research methods
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- Instructor Resources on CD, available to qualified adopters, include teaching resources, student projects, test questions, PowerPoint slides sets for every chapter, and reformatted exhibits from the book .
- A Student study site includes self-quizzes, e-flashcards, web research projects, unique exercises developed by Russell Schutt interactive that include research article excerpts, and a "Learning from Journal Articles" feature with links to full-text journal research articles.
Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation, Third Edition, is intended as a core text for courses in Research Methods offered in departments of sociology, criminal justice, social work, communication, media studies, political science, and public administration.
Babbie: Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics, Seventh Edition
Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics, Seventh Edition guides students step-by-step through the process of data analysis using SPSS/PASW Statistics and 2008 General Social Survey (GSS) data. Written by esteemed social science research authors, this workbook encourages students to practice SPSS as they read about it and provides a practical, hands-on introduction to conceptualization, measurement, and association through active learning. Arranged to parallel most introductory research methods texts, this text starts with an introduction to computerized data analysis and the social research process, then walks readers step-by-step through univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis using SPSS Statistics.
Available bundled with the Student Version SPSS/PASW CD for both Macintosh and Windows users, so students can practice what they′re learning on their own laptops. Order ISBN 978-1-4129-8245-0.
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About the Author
Daniel F. Chambliss, PhD, is the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Emeritus at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, where he has taught from 1981 to 2023. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1982; later that year, his thesis research received the American Sociological Association’s (ASA’s) Medical Sociology Dissertation Prize. In 1988, he published the book Champions: The Making of Olympic Swimmers, which received the Book of the Year Prize from the U.S. Olympic Committee. In 1989, he received the ASA’s Theory Prize for work on organizational excellence based on his swimming research. Recipient of both Fulbright and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships, he published his second book, Beyond Caring: Hospitals, Nurses, and the Social Organization of Ethics, in 1996; for that work, he was awarded the ASA’s Eliot Freidson Prize in Medical Sociology. In 2014, Harvard University Press published his book How College Works, coauthored with his former student Christopher G. Takacs. His research and teaching interests include organizational analysis, higher education, social theory, and comparative research methods. In 2018, he received the ASA’s national career award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching.
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