This text provides balanced coverage of quantitative and qualitative methods of social research with a unique "behind the scenes" approach: chapters are built upon focal research pieces and excerpts from real research projects, and present the insights and perspectives of workers conducting real-world research. The text guides students through the many stages of social research--from selecting a researchable question and designing a study to selecting the best method of data analysis for a particular study--and prepares them for the ethical issues and problems that they may face along the way.
- ISBN10 1285746449
- ISBN13 9781285746449
- Publish Date 21 January 2014 (first published 11 July 2002)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Imprint Cengage Learning
- Edition 5th ed.
- Format Paperback
- Language English