Understanding the Social World
eBook - ePub

Understanding the Social World

Research Methods for the 21st Century

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eBook - ePub

Understanding the Social World

Research Methods for the 21st Century

About this book

The author is a proud sponsor of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.

Understanding the Social World: Research Methods for the 21st Century is a concise and accessible introduction to the process and practice of social science research. Fast-paced and visually engaging, the text crosses disciplinary and national boundaries, pays special attention to concern for human subjects, and focuses on the application of results. As it rises to the requirements of a world shaped by big data and social media, Instagram and avatars, blogs and tweets, the text also confronts the research challenges posed by cell phones, privacy concerns, linguistic diversity, and multicultural populations. 

The Second Edition discusses newly-popular research methods, highlights the fascinating work being conducted by contemporary social researchers, and includes enhanced tools for learning in the text and online.


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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Publisher Note
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Brief Contents
  8. Detailed Contents
  9. About the Author
  10. Preface
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Section I Foundations for Social Research
  13. Chapter 1 Science, Society, and Social Research
  14. Chapter 2 The Process and Problems of Social Research
  15. Chapter 3 Research Ethics
  16. Section II Fundamentals of Social Research
  17. Chapter 4 Conceptualization and Measurement
  18. Chapter 5 Generalizability and Sampling
  19. Chapter 6 Causation and Experimental Design
  20. Section III Basic Social Research Designs
  21. Chapter 7 Survey Research
  22. Chapter 8 Qualitative Methods
  23. Chapter 9 Unobtrusive Methods
  24. Section IV Analysis and Reporting of Social Research
  25. Chapter 10 Quantitative Data Analysis
  26. Chapter 11 Qualitative Data Analysis
  27. Chapter 12 Summarizing and Reporting Research
  28. Appendix A
  29. Appendix B
  30. Glossary
  31. Bibliography
  32. Index