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9780495093381

How It’s Done An Invitation to Social Research

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  • ISBN13:

    9780495093381

  • ISBN10:

    0495093386

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-01-03
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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How It's Done is the realistic, fascinating book that helps you practice and think just as a social researcher would. This updated new edition guides you through the stages of social research--from selecting a researchable question and designing a study to selecting the best method of data analysis for a particular study--and it prepares you for the ethical issues and problems you may face along the way. Focal Research essays in every chapter take you 'behind the scenes' and involve you in real research articles written by actual researchers, such as: "Studying Women with HIV/AIDS: Ethical Concerns and Researcher Responsibilities." "Inventing Adulthoods: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study of Youth Transitions." "Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Presence of Female Characters and Gender Stereotyping in Award-Winning Pictures Books Between the 1930s and the 1960s."

Table of Contents

The Uses of Social Research
The Relationship Between Theory and Research
Ethics and Social Research
Selecting Researchable Topics and Questions
Sampling
Measurement
Cross-sectional, Longitudinal, and Case Study Designs
Experimental Research
Questionnaires and Structured Interviews
Qualitative Interviewing
Observational Techniques
Using Available Data
Content Analysis and Comparing Methods
Applied Social Research
Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis
Appendixes
Writing the Research Report
Random Number Table
Checklist for Preparing a Research Proposal
Glossary
References
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