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9780415340755

Research Methods

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415340755

  • ISBN10:

    0415340756

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-07-13
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Since its first edition in 1985, Patrick McNeill'sResearch Methodshas become a classic introductory text for undergraduate students of sociology and for a range of specialists in disciplines such as education, business, social care, and medicine who need a brief but authoritative account of how sociologists set about doing research. After a brief overview of the history of sociological research, which introduces some of the key concepts, the book describes the main sociological research methods, with a final chapter about theory, science, and values. An appendix provides a set of questions that students should ask when they are evaluating accounts of research. This new edition, co-authored with Steve Chapman, retains the clarity of style of the second edition, and brings the content up to date in terms of: * references to research studies * developments in relevant sociological theory * developments in research methodology * new material on the presentation of researchfindings.

Author Biography

Patrick McNeill is currently Chair of Examiners for A-level Sociology for a leading exam board.

Table of Contents

Preface to First Edition vii
Preface to Second Edition viii
Preface to Third Edition ix
1 Research methods in sociology 1(27)
2 Social surveys 28(40)
3 Experiments and the comparative method 68(21)
4 Ethnography 89(42)
5 Secondary data 131(41)
6 Science and values 172(21)
References 193(14)
Index 207

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