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Paperback. Condition: Good. This text is written for students who will not pursue sociology as a career yet, whether they now realize it or not, will need to interpret social research in their careers and, more than likely, have opportunities to do research. The book's focus is on equipping students with the tools both to evaluate research done by others and to do their own research. Exercises in the text help students develop skills and strategies for research, including Internet assignments for finding and evaluating sources. The text provides students with a solid grounding in the relevant aspects of the philosophy of science and thoroughly explains the differences between quantitative and qualitative research methods.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An update of a popular text with both lecturers and students that has a conversational tone.

Paperback. Condition: Good. This text uses hands-on activities and real-life examples to provide the most comprehensive and straightforward coverage of doing qualitative research on the market.  The author's central purpose is to show inexperienced researchers how to design, collect, and analyze data and then present their results to the scientific community, while stressing the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. This text uses hands-on activities and real-life examples to provide the most comprehensive and straightforward coverage of doing qualitative research on the market.  The author's central purpose is to show inexperienced researchers how to design, collect, and analyze data and then present their results to the scientific community, while stressing the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. ? Prepares students to conduct their first empirical research study, with quantitative and qualitative methods covered in detail. Common features as well as differences between the two research approaches are explored. ? While theoretical material is included, the emphasis is on providing practical, easy-to-follow advice on how to conduct a first research project. ? Unlike most texts with hypothetical examples, this text?with real examples written by a variety of published researchers?makes research methods come alive. Students see how research methods are used to explore important, contemporary problems. ? Factual Questions at the end of each chapter help students review key concepts covered in the chapters. ? Questions for Discussion encourage students to consider specific techniques and strategies that they might use while conducting their research.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This text uses hands-on activities and real-life examples to provide the most comprehensive and straightforward coverage of doing qualitative research on the market.  The author's central purpose is to show inexperienced researchers how to design, collect, and analyze data and then present their results to the scientific community, while stressing the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. ? Prepares students to conduct their first empirical research study, with quantitative and qualitative methods covered in detail. Common features as well as differences between the two research approaches are explored. ? While theoretical material is included, the emphasis is on providing practical, easy-to-follow advice on how to conduct a first research project. ? Unlike most texts with hypothetical examples, this text?with real examples written by a variety of published researchers?makes research methods come alive. Students see how research methods are used to explore important, contemporary problems. ? Factual Questions at the end of each chapter help students review key concepts covered in the chapters. ? Questions for Discussion encourage students to consider specific techniques and strategies that they might use while conducting their research.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. This highly regarded text presents a comprehensive and balanced introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research, emphasizing the benefits of combining various approaches.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. This highly regarded text presents a comprehensive and balanced introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research, emphasizing the benefits of combining various approaches.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. This accessible, engaging introduction to qualitative research methods covers a wide range of qualitative methods, including ethnography, observation, interviewing, content analysis, and unobtrusive measures. The text also includes well-chosen research examples and exercises to help students understand and apply various research techniques.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Contains coverage of qualitative and quantitative social work research and evaluation applications for undergraduate and graduate social work students. This text shows students that social work research does not take place in a vacuum - that the social and political context of the social work field will affect how they conduct their research.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Examining the wide range of feminist research methods, Shulamit Reinharz explains the relationship between feminism and methodology, and challenges existing stereotypes. Concluding that there is no one correct feminist method, but rather a variety of perspectives, Reinharz argues that this diversity of methods has been of great value to feminist scholarship. With an extensive bibliography cataloguing the important work accomplished over the last two decades, Feminist Methods in Social Research is an essential resource for students of sociology and women's studies. …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Experience Research Social Change has long been a comprehensive and accessible resource for learning social research oriented toward social change. The third edition has been thoroughly revised and reorganized.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Examining the wide range of feminist research methods, Shulamit Reinharz explains the relationship between feminism and methodology, and challenges existing stereotypes. Concluding that there is no one correct feminist method, but rather a variety of perspectives, Reinharz argues that this diversity of methods has been of great value to feminist scholarship. With an extensive bibliography cataloguing the important work accomplished over the last two decades, Feminist Methods in Social Research is an essential resource for students of sociology and women's studies. …

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