Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research
Autor Russell K. Schutten Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 16 ian 2018
New to this Edition:
- The latest advances in research methods are woven into the text from over 90 new research articles and books, covering topic like guidelines for writing research questions; distinguishing conceptual frameworks; techniques of video ethnography; abductive analysis; the value of systematic literature reviews and new human subjects rules; concerns about replicability and publication bias; and the rise of predatory journals.
- The rapidly increasing role of the Internet in both social relations and social research is reflected in new sections on systematic literature reviews, advances in online survey methods, geodata, digital ethnography, web experiments, online qualitative research, and new sources of big data.
- Current examples using research on pressing social issues such as inequality, healthcare, and police behavior offer students illustrate how social research contributes to understanding issues that are in the news and shaping their world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781506361239
ISBN-10: 1506361234
Pagini: 728
Dimensiuni: 203 x 254 mm
Ediția:Ninth Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1506361234
Pagini: 728
Dimensiuni: 203 x 254 mm
Ediția:Ninth Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
Cuprins
About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I. Foundations for Social Research
1. Science, Society, and Social Research
Learning About the Social World
Avoiding Errors in Reasoning About the Social World
Science and Social Science
Strengths and Limitations of Social Research
Alternative Research Orientations
Conclusions
2. The Process and Problems of Social Research
Social Research Questions
Social Theories
Social Research Foundations
Social Research Strategies
Social Research Organizations
Social Research Standards
Conclusions
3. Research Ethics and Research Proposals
Historical Background
Ethical Principles
The Institutional Review Board
Social Research Proposals
Conclusions
Section II. Fundamentals of Social Research
4. Conceptualization and Measurement
Concepts
From Concepts to Indicators
From Observations to Concepts
Measurement
Levels of Measurement
Evaluating Measures
Conclusions
5. Sampling and Generalizability
Sample Planning
Sampling Methods
Sampling Distributions
Conclusions
6. Research Design and Causation
Research Design Alternatives
Criteria and Cautions for Nomothetic Causal Explanations
Comparing Research Designs
Conclusions
Section III. Basic Social Research Design
7. Experiments
History of Experimentation
True Experiments
Quasi-Experiments
Validity in Experiments
Ethical Issues in Experimental
Conclusions
8. Survey Research
Survey Research in the Social Sciences
Writing Survey Questions
Combining Questions in Indexes
Designing Questionnaires
Organizing Surveys
Ethical Issues in Survey Research
Conclusions
9. Quantitative Data Analysis
Introducing Statistics
Preparing for Data Analysis
Displaying Univariate Distributions
Summarizing Univariate Distributions
Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie With Statistics
Cross-Tabulating Variables
Regression Analysis
Performing Meta-Analyses
Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie About Relationships
Conclusions
10. Qualitative Methods
Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods
Participant Observation
Intensive Interviewing
Interviewing Online
Focus Groups
Generalizability in Qualitative Research
Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
Conclusions
11. Qualitative Data Analysis
Features of Qualitative Data Analysis
Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis
Alternatives in Qualitative Data
Visual Sociology
Systematic Observation
Participatory Action Research
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis
Conclusions
Section IV. Complex Social Research Designs
12. Mixed Methods
History of Mixed Methods
Types of Mixed Methods
Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods
Ethics and Mixed Methods
Conclusions
13. Evaluation and Policy Research
History of Evaluation Research
Evaluation Basics
Questions for Evaluation Research
Design Decisions
Policy Research
Ethics in Evaluation
Conclusions
14. Research Using Secondary Data and “Big” Data
Secondary Data Sources
Challenges for Secondary Data Analyses
Big Data
Ethical Issues in Secondary Data Analysis and Big Data
Conclusions
15. Research Using Historical and Comparative Data and Content Analysis
Overview of Historical and Comparative Research Methods
Historical Social Science Methods
Comparative Social Science Methods
Demographic Analysis
Content Analysis
Ethical Issues in Historical and Comparative Research and Content Analysis
Conclusions
16. Summarizing and Reporting Research
Writing Research
Displaying Research
Reporting Research
Ethics, Politics, and Research Reports
Conclusions
Appendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research Article
Appendix B: How to Read a Research Article
Appendix C: Table of Random Numbers
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I. Foundations for Social Research
1. Science, Society, and Social Research
Learning About the Social World
Avoiding Errors in Reasoning About the Social World
Science and Social Science
Strengths and Limitations of Social Research
Alternative Research Orientations
Conclusions
2. The Process and Problems of Social Research
Social Research Questions
Social Theories
Social Research Foundations
Social Research Strategies
Social Research Organizations
Social Research Standards
Conclusions
3. Research Ethics and Research Proposals
Historical Background
Ethical Principles
The Institutional Review Board
Social Research Proposals
Conclusions
Section II. Fundamentals of Social Research
4. Conceptualization and Measurement
Concepts
From Concepts to Indicators
From Observations to Concepts
Measurement
Levels of Measurement
Evaluating Measures
Conclusions
5. Sampling and Generalizability
Sample Planning
Sampling Methods
Sampling Distributions
Conclusions
6. Research Design and Causation
Research Design Alternatives
Criteria and Cautions for Nomothetic Causal Explanations
Comparing Research Designs
Conclusions
Section III. Basic Social Research Design
7. Experiments
History of Experimentation
True Experiments
Quasi-Experiments
Validity in Experiments
Ethical Issues in Experimental
Conclusions
8. Survey Research
Survey Research in the Social Sciences
Writing Survey Questions
Combining Questions in Indexes
Designing Questionnaires
Organizing Surveys
Ethical Issues in Survey Research
Conclusions
9. Quantitative Data Analysis
Introducing Statistics
Preparing for Data Analysis
Displaying Univariate Distributions
Summarizing Univariate Distributions
Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie With Statistics
Cross-Tabulating Variables
Regression Analysis
Performing Meta-Analyses
Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie About Relationships
Conclusions
10. Qualitative Methods
Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods
Participant Observation
Intensive Interviewing
Interviewing Online
Focus Groups
Generalizability in Qualitative Research
Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
Conclusions
11. Qualitative Data Analysis
Features of Qualitative Data Analysis
Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis
Alternatives in Qualitative Data
Visual Sociology
Systematic Observation
Participatory Action Research
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis
Conclusions
Section IV. Complex Social Research Designs
12. Mixed Methods
History of Mixed Methods
Types of Mixed Methods
Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods
Ethics and Mixed Methods
Conclusions
13. Evaluation and Policy Research
History of Evaluation Research
Evaluation Basics
Questions for Evaluation Research
Design Decisions
Policy Research
Ethics in Evaluation
Conclusions
14. Research Using Secondary Data and “Big” Data
Secondary Data Sources
Challenges for Secondary Data Analyses
Big Data
Ethical Issues in Secondary Data Analysis and Big Data
Conclusions
15. Research Using Historical and Comparative Data and Content Analysis
Overview of Historical and Comparative Research Methods
Historical Social Science Methods
Comparative Social Science Methods
Demographic Analysis
Content Analysis
Ethical Issues in Historical and Comparative Research and Content Analysis
Conclusions
16. Summarizing and Reporting Research
Writing Research
Displaying Research
Reporting Research
Ethics, Politics, and Research Reports
Conclusions
Appendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research Article
Appendix B: How to Read a Research Article
Appendix C: Table of Random Numbers
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Descriere
In this Ninth Edition, award-winning author Russell K. Schutt continues to make the field come alive with current, compelling examples of high quality research and the latest innovations in research methodology, along with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the logic and techniques of social science research.
New to this Edition:
New to this Edition:
- The latest advances in research methods are woven into the text from over 90 new research articles and books, covering topic like guidelines for writing research questions; distinguishing conceptual frameworks; techniques of video ethnography; abductive analysis; the value of systematic literature reviews and new human subjects rules; concerns about replicability and publication bias; and the rise of predatory journals.
- The rapidly increasing role of the Internet in both social relations and social research is reflected in new sections on systematic literature reviews, advances in online survey methods, geodata, digital ethnography, web experiments, online qualitative research, and new sources of big data.
- Current examples using research on pressing social issues such as inequality, healthcare, and police behavior offer students illustrate how social research contributes to understanding issues that are in the news and shaping their world.
Notă biografică
Russell K. Schutt, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he received the 2007 Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Service. Since 1990, he has also been Lecturer on Sociology in the Department of Psychiatry (Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center) at the Harvard Medical School. He completed his BA, MA, and PhD degrees at the University of Illinois at Chicago and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sociology of Social Control Training Program at Yale University. In addition to seven editions of the text on which this brief edition is based, Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research, and four other coauthored versions-for the fields of social work, criminal justice, psychology, and education-he is the author of the new book, Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness, and of Organization in a Changing Environment, coeditor of the Organizational Response to Social Problems, and coauthor of Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice. He has authored and coauthored numerous journal articles, book chapters, and research reports on homelessness, mental health, organizations, law, and teaching research methods. He currently directs an evaluation of a Massachusetts Department of Public Health coordinated care program. His primary research focuses on social factors that shape the impact of housing, employment, and services for severely mentally ill persons and on the service preferences of homeless persons and service personnel. He has also studied influences on well-being, satisfaction, and cognitive functioning; processes of organizational change and the delivery of case management; decision making in juvenile justice and in union admissions; political participation; media representations of mental illness; and HIV/AIDS prevention.