Research Basics: Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps

James V. Spickard

ISBN 10: 1483387216 / ISBN 13: 9781483387215

Published by SAGE Publications Inc, 2016

About this Item

Offers a fresh and creative approach to the research process based on author James V. Spickard's decades of teaching experience. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: GPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630. . 2016. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Research Basics: Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483387216
• ISBN 13: 9781483387215
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Research Basics: Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps offers a fresh and creative approach to the research process based on author James V. Spickard’s decades of teaching experience. Using an intuitive six-step model, readers learn how to craft a research question and then identify a logical process for answering it. Conversational writing and multi-disciplinary examples illuminate the model’s simplicity and power, effectively connecting the "hows" and "whys" behind social science research. Students using this book will learn how to turn their research questions into results.

About the Author

Jim Spickard is Professor of Sociology & Anthropology at the University of Redlands, in California, where he teaches courses on research design and methods, social theory, the sociology of religion, homelessness, and world hunger.  Most of his research focuses on the role that religion plays in contemporary society.  He also investigates movements for social change.  He has written or edited several books, most recently on non-Western sociological theory, on the transnational dynamics of African Pentecostalism, on social statistics, and on reflexive ethnography.