Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation - Softcover

Chambliss, Daniel F.; Schutt, Russell K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452217718 ISBN 13: 9781452217710

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Making Sense of the Social World, fourth edition is an engaging introduction to social research for students who need to understand methodologies and results, but who may never conduct research themselves. It provides a balanced treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods, integrating substantive examples and research techniques throughout. It is written in a less formal style than many comparable texts, complete with practical examples drawn from everyday experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel F. Chambliss, PhD, is the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, where he has taught since 1981. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1982; later that year, his thesis research received the American Sociological Association’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 American Sociology Association (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 Elliot 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.

Review:

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""The strength of this text is in its brevity. In a one semester course, it is impossible to cover all the topics in a comprehensive text in any depth. I would rather my students learn the fundamentals of doing research a few topics in depth. They can then build on this knowledge, if they need to, in order to learn new types of analysis. I also like the types and varieties of exercises included in the text.""""

"It is a worthy contribution."

"It is a worthy contribution." -- Diane Pike (06/01/2007)

"It is a worthy contribution." -- Diane Pike

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1452217718
• ISBN 13: 9781452217710
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 344