An Invitation to Social Research: How It’s Done - Softcover

Adler, Emily Stier; Clark, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 049581329X ISBN 13: 9780495813293

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

This book provides balanced coverage of quantitative and qualitative methods of social research with a unique "behind the scenes" approach: Chapters are built on focal research pieces and excerpts from real research projects, and they present the insights and perspectives of workers conducting real-world research. The book guides readers 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Emily Stier Adler is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Rhode Island College, where she taught for thirty-eight years. She has been a research consultant in a variety of settings and the director of Women's Studies at the college. In addition to THE ELECT: RHODE ISLAND'S WOMEN LEGISLATORS with co-author J. Stanley Lemons, her published work includes numerous articles on marriage, teenage pregnancy, adolescence, and political life. Her current research interest is the transition to retirement. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Tufts University.

Roger Clark is Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College, where he has taught for twenty-nine years. To date he has published sixty-six research articles and book chapters. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 049581329X
• ISBN 13: 9780495813293
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 544