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Now in its fourth Canadian edition, Social Research Methods remains the go-to research guide for undergraduates in the social sciences. Offering practical, step-by-step advice, the authors take readers through all stages of the processes involved in both quantitative and qualitative research, from formulating questions, choosing methods, and recruiting participants to analyzing the data and writing up the results.

Alan Bryman is a professor emeritus of organizational and social research at the University of Leicester in the UK. Edward Bell is a professor in the division of sociology and family studies at Brescia University College at Western University, where he teaches research methods, quantitative research, and statistics for sociology. He has published journal articles on topics as wide-ranging as personality, religion, and politics. In addition to his work as the Canadian adaptor on three editions of Social Research Methods, he has also published Social Classes and Social Credit in Alberta, (McGill-Queen's University Press).