The Research Process 1/CDN/e

by Wilkinson, Lori; Bouma, Gary; Ling, Rod

• ISBN13: 9780195426151
• ISBN10: 0195426150
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Canadian edition of The Research Process is a complete, easy-to-read, and simple to apply introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods for undergraduate university students. Drawing on the strengths of the previous editions, it assumes little previous knowledge of research processes and takes a non-statistical, non-mathematical approach. Illustrations and examples are used extensively to explain the fundamental concepts of the research process and demonstrate its application. Brand new Canadian research will make it interesting and relevant to Canadian students.

Author Biography

Lori Wilkinson is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Winnipeg where she teaches courses in Ethnic Relations, Canadian Society and Culture; Survey Research Methods. Her areas of specialization are race and ethnic relations, immigration and refugee studies, citizenship, youth, identity formation, and quantitative methodology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

How We Know What We Know and How We Know We know

Research as a Way of Knowing

Essential First Steps

Selecting a Problem

Qualitative or Quantitative Research? Where Do I Begin?

Selecting Variables

Finding A Variable's Measurements

Selecting a Research Design

Selecting a Sample

Ethics in Human Research

Data Collection

Making Notes, Organ izing Data, and Constructing Bibliographies

Summarizing and Presenting Data in Quantitative Research

Presenting Data Using Qualitative Research

Analysis and Interpretation

Drawing Conclusions

Reporting Your Research

Negotiating Difference and Democracy: Identifying the Landscapes of Familiarity and Risk Among Youth in Canada

A Table of Random Numbers

Index

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