Basics of Social Research, Fourth Canadian Edition,

Preparing students to do research and understand what research can do.

Basics of Social Research helps students understand what researchers do and why, while preparing them to think critically about how content findings are created.

The information in this text is presented in an easy to understand manner that allows students to see the importance of properly conducted research.

Updated Canadian content focuses on real research examples from Canadian studies to make social research accessible to students, and to demonstrate how social research has real-world applications.

W. Lawrence Neuman is a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Asian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Dr. Neuman received UWW’s highest award for research, the Chancellor’s Award for service to students with disabilities and the College of Letters and Sciences awards for outstanding teaching, excellence in research, and outstanding service. His research interests include national identity and the fear of the Other, racial-ethnic categorization policies, immigration, Japanese social policy and national identity, and the U.S. anime fan subculture.

Karen Robson joined the Department of Sociology at York University in 2004, and has since held short post-doctoral positions at the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning at the Institute of Education in London, UK (2006-2007) and The Geary Institute at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland (2007-2008).