| Description |
xxii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1. Science, Society, and Social Research -- What is the Problem? -- Can Social Scientists See the Social World More Clearly? -- What Questions Can Social Science Research Answer? -- How Well Have We Done Our Research? Are Our Answers Correct? -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 2. The Process and Problems of Social Research -- What is the Question? -- What is the Theory? -- What is the Strategy? -- Deductive Research -- Inductive Research -- Descriptive Research: A Necessary Step -- What is the Design? -- But is it Ethical? -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 3. Conceptualization and Measurement -- What Do We Have in Mind? Conceptualization -- How Do We Focus the Problem? Variables and Hypotheses -- How Will We Know When We've Found It? Operationalization -- How Much Information Do We Really Have? -- Establishing Validity and Reliability -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 4. Sampling -- How to Prepare to Sample? -- What Sampling Methods to Use? -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 5. Causation and Experimental Design -- What is a Causal Explanation? -- How Do We Identify Causes? -- What are the Features of a True Experiment? -- How Can Experiments Be Modified? -- Why Units of Analysis Can Affect Causal Reasoning -- What are the Threats to Validity in Experiments? -- How Do Experimenters Protect Their Subjects? -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 6. Survey Research -- Why is Survey Research So Popular? -- How Should We Write Survey Questions? -- How Should Questionnaires Be Designed? -- What Are the Alternatives for Administering Surveys? -- Ethical Issues in Survey Research -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 7. Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, Listening -- What Makes Methods "Qualitative"? -- How Does Participant Observation Become a Research Method? -- How to Conduct Intensive Interviews -- How Do You "Focus" a Group? -- Analyzing Qualitative Data -- Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 8. Evaluation Research -- What Is the History of Evaluation Research? -- What Is Evaluation Research? -- What are the Alternatives in Evaluation Designs? -- What Can an Evaluation Study Focus On? -- Ethical Issues in Evaluation Research -- Conclusions -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 9. Elementary Data Analysis -- Introducing Statistics -- Case Study: The Likelihood of Voting -- Preparing Data for Analysis -- Displaying Univariate Distributions -- Graphs -- Frequency Distributions -- Summarizing Univariate Distributions -- Measures of Central Tendency -- Measures of Variation -- Crosstabulating Variables -- Controlling for a Third Variable -- Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie With Statistics -- Conclusion -- Key Terms -- Highlights -- Exercises -- Chapter 10. Reviewing, Proposing, and Reporting Research -- Comparing Research Designs -- Reviewing Research -- Case Study: "Night as Frontier" -- Proposing New Research -- Case Study: Treating Substance Abuse -- Reporting Research -- Writing and Organizing -- Conclusion -- Highlights -- Exercises -- References -- Appendices -- A. Finding Information -- B. HyperRESEARCH: A Softward Tool for Qualitative Data Analysis -- C. Secondary Data Analysis -- D. How to Use a Statistical Package |
| Summary |
"Intended as a methods text for Sociology, Criminal Justice, Media Studies, Political Science, and Public Administration undergraduate students, Making Sense of the Social World is indispensable reading for anyone who needs a functional understanding of research methods."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Sociology |
| Notes |
Brief ed. of: Investigating the social world / Russell K. Schutt. 3rd ed. 2001 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-328) and index |
| Subject |
Social problems -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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| Author |
Schutt, Russell K.
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Schutt, Russell K.
Investigating the social world
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| LC no. |
2002156180 |
| ISBN |
0761987878 |
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0761988165 CD |
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