Readings In Social Research Methods

by Wysocki,Diane Kholos

• ISBN13: 9780495093374
• ISBN10: 0495093378
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-17
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This reader is designed to accompany any main text in research methods or be used as a stand-alone reader. It has been closely patterned on the range of topics covered in Earl Babbie's best selling texts, THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, 11/e and BASICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, 4/e. The reader focuses on the core methodologies of the social research methods course and provides illustrations of those methods. The articles describe real world applications and research and show students how research is conducted and reported.a

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Inquiry

Here We Go! Get Ready to Find out Why You Should Learn About Research Methods

From the Sociological Imagination

The Reality of Everyday Life

Research and Theory: They Go Hand in Hand

School Tracking and Student Violence

Murder Followed by Suicide in Australia, 1973+1992: A Research Note

Ethics: You Must Have Ethics in Life and Especially In Research

Taking Names: The Ethics of Indirect Recruitment in Research on Sexual Networks

The Ethics of Conducting Social-Science Research on the Internet

Code of Ethics, American Sociological Association

The Structuring of Inquiry

Research Design: Now it's Time to Plan

Public Assistance Receipt Among Immigrants and Natives:How the Unit of Analysis Affects Research Findings

Consequences of Participating in a Longitudinal Study of Marriage

Conceptualization and Operationalization: We Have to Explain What We are Studying

An epidemiological survey on the presence of toxic chemicals in soaps and cosmetics used by adolescent female students from a Nigerian University, Obuekwe

Conceptualization of Terrorism

Indexes and Scales: Now we get to measure it all!

A study of differences in business ethical values in Mainland China, the U.S. and Jamaica

The Reverse Social Distance Scale

Sampling Made Easy

Sex in America

The Eurowinter project: the use of market/social research methods in an international scientific study

Modes of Observations

Experimental and Survey Research: Putting it all Together

Prepaid monetary incentives and data quality in face-to-face interviews: data from the 1996 survey of income and program participation incentive experiment

Sex in America-The Sex Survey

The Internet and Opinion Measurement: Surveying Marginalized Populations

Field Research and Unobtrusive Measures: Fun in the Field

Comparisons between Thai adolescent voices and Thai adolescent health literature, Vipavee Thongpriwan

Amateur Stripping and Gaming Encounters: Fun in Gamesor Gaming as Fun?

Thinking Through the Heart

Existing Data and Evaluation Research: Let's find out what works

What Sociologists Do and Where They Do It-The NSF Survey on Sociologist's Work Activities and Workplaces

Professors Who Make the Grade (Factors That Affect Students' Grades. of Professors)

Appendix: Writing and Reading a Research Paper

Construction of Masculinity: A Look into the Lives of Heterosexual Male Transvestites

Glossary

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