Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research, Third Edition

Schutt, Russell K.

ISBN 10: 0761987274 / ISBN 13: 9780761987277

Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2001

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Riassunto:

Highly acclaimed and widely used since its first publication, the Third Edition of Investigating the Social World retains all the features so widely praised in earlier editions, but now also includes: separate sections on qualitative methods in each chapter; a new `Developing A Research Proposal′ section at the end of each chapter; many new web exercises, and SPSS exercises updated to GSS 98 data sets.

The Third Edition: is written so that the `doing′ of social research is closely and consistently linked to important social issues, demonstrating not only the value of research, but also how technique and substance are intimately related; provides key supports for effective teaching with guides for critiquing research articles, exercises for applying research skills, and examples of analyzing and reporting social data; treats ethical concerns and ethical decision-making in tandem with each study of specific methods; and joins an emphasis on `how to do′ research with an equal emphasis on giving students the critical skills necessary to evaluate research done by others.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Russell K. Schutt, PhD, is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he received the 2007 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Service and taught from 1979 to 2022. He is also a Clinical Research Scientist I at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a Lecturer (part-time) in the Department of Psychiatry, 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 ten editions of Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research and seven editions of Making Sense of the Social World, with Daniel F. Chambliss, PhD, as well as coauthored versions for criminal justice, psychology, and education, his other books include Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness (2011), Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society (coedited, 2015), and Organization in a Changing Environment (1986). He has authored and coauthored more than 70 peer reviewed journal articles, as well as more than 30 non-refereed articles and book chapters on social support, mental and physical health, health services, organizations, homelessness, law, and teaching research methods. His research has been funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the National Science Foundation, the Veterans Health Administration, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Fetzer Institute, and state agencies. Details are available at https://blogs.umb.edu/russellkschutt/.

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Titolo: Investigating the Social World: The Process ...
Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very_good
Edizione: terza edizione