| Description |
xi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Wadsworth sociology reader series |
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Wadsworth sociology reader series.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I: AN INTRODUCTION TO INQUIRY. 1. Why Do You Need To Understand Research Methods? From the Sociological Imagination, C. Wright Mills. The Reality of Everyday Life, Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann. 2. Combining Theory with Methods. Delinquency of Chinese-Canadian Youth: A Test of Opportunity, Control, and Intergeneration Conflict Theories, Siu Kwong Won. School Tracking and Student Violence, Lissa J. Yogan. Murder Followed by Suicide in Australia, 1973-1992: A Research Note, Jo Barnes. 3. The Ethics of Research. Nuremberg and the Issue of Wartime Experiments on U.S. Prisoners:The Green Committee, Jon M. Harkness. Problems of Ethics in Research, Stanley Milgram. The Ethics of Conducting Social-Science Research on the Internet, James C. Hamilton. Part II: THE STRUCTURING OF INQUIRY. 4. Research Design. Public Assistance Receipt Among Immigrants and Natives: How the Unit of Analysis Affects Research Findings, Jennifer Van Hook, Jennifer E. Glick, and Frank D. Bean. Consequences of Participating in a Longitudinal Study of Marriage, Joseph Veroff, Shirley Hatchett, and Elizabeth Douvan. 5. Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement. Conceptualization of Terrorism, Jack P. Gibbs. A Systematic Qualitative Evaluation of Levels of Differentiation in Families with Children at Risk, Yeudit Avnir and Ron Shor. Scale for Assessing Emotional Disturbance: long-term test--retest reliability and convergent validity with kindergarten and first-grade students, Michael H. Epstein, Philip D. Nordness, Douglas Cullinan and Melody Hertzog. 6. Indexes and Scales. Environmental Waste: Recycling Attitudes and Correlates, Knud S. Larsen. The Reverse Social Distance Scale, Motoko Y. Lee, Stephen G. Sapp, and Melvin C. Ray. Bias Towards Gay Patients by Psychoanalytic Clinicians: An Empirical Investigation, Arthur H. Lilling and Richard C. Friedman. 7. Sampling Made Logical. Sex in America, R.T. Michael, J.H. Gagnon, E.O. Laumann, and G. Kolata. Alcoholics Anonymous and the Use of Medications to Prevent Relapse: An Anonymous Survey of Member Attitudes, Robert G. Rychtarik, Gerard J. Connors, Kurt H. Dermen, and Paul R. Stasiewicz. Part III: MODES OF OBSERVATION. 8. Experimental and Survey Research. Intraoperative Progress Reports Decrease Family Members'''' Anxiety, Jane S. Leske. Sex in America- The Survey, R.T. Michael, J.H. Gagnon, E.O. Laumann, and G. Kolata. The Internet and Opinion Measurement: Surveying Marginalized Populations, Nadine S. Koch and Jolly A. Emrey. 9. Field Research and Unobtrusive Measures. Tally''''s Corner: A Study of Negro Streetcorner Men, Elliot Liebow. Amatuer Stripping and Gaming Encounters: Fun in Games or Gaming as Fun? Julie Ann Harms Cannon, Thomas C. Calhoun, and Rhonda Fisher. The evolution of Al-Anon: a content analysis of stories in two editions of its ''''Big Book.'''' (Mutual Help for Alcohol-Related Problems: Studies of Al-Anon and of Alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous), Jane E. Martin. Thinking Through the Heart, Ann Goetting. 10. Existing Data and Evaluation Research. What Sociologists Do and Where They Do It--The NSF Survey on Sociologist''''s Work Activities and Workplaces, Robert J. Dotzler and Ross Koppel. Women''''s opposition to race-targeted interventions (using the gSS), Steven Stack. Professors who make the grade.(factors that affect students'''' grades of professors) Evaluation, Vicky L. Seiler and Michael J. Seiler. The Longitudinall Effects of a Rape-Prevention P |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sociology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Wysowski, Diane K.
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| LC no. |
2002115049 |
| ISBN |
0534619290 |
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