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Perspectives in Social Research Methods and Analysis
A Reader for Sociology
Edited by:
- Howard Lune - Hunter College, USA
- Enrique S. Pumar - The Catholic University of America
- Ross Koppel - University of Pennsylvania, USA
October 2009 | 456 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This book shows students the steps involved in the research process, the various strategies for conducting a valid social inquiry, and most importantly, the persuasiveness and elegance of reliable social research. It highlights the link between academic research and the real world.
Included are carefully chosen examples of each of the major methodological techniques-survey, interviews, fieldwork observations, experiments, content analysis, secondary analysis and program evaluation. Also included are selections on sampling strategies, research ethics and both qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
SECTION I. WHERE TO BEGIN
Troy Duster
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
Herbert J. Gans
Marc A. Musick
SECTION II. RESEARCH DESIGN
Ellen Wratten
Joseph G. Grzywacz and Dawn S. Carlson
Katherine Irwin
SECTION III. ETHICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
American Sociological Association
Committee on Professional Ethics, American Sociological Association
Mark Solovey
SECTION IV. QUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION
Ronald Inglehart
Eve Waltermaurer
Martha Foschi and Shari Buchan
SECTION V. QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION
Cecilia Menjivar
Alan Lewis
Mass Observation
Hakim Hasan
SECTION VI. QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
Catriona T. Higgs, Karen H. Weiller, and Scott B. Martin
Nancy A. Denton and Jacqueline Villarrubia
SECTION VII. QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
Howard Lune
Jennifer C. Lena
Raph LaRossa, Charles Jaret, Malati Gadgil, and G. Robert Wynn
SECTION VIII. MIXED METHODS
Diane Vaughan
Jana L. Pershing
Immanuel Wallerstein
SECTION IX. LAST WORD
GLOSSARY
This text does not fit well with the way the course is structured and the level of ability of my students.
Sociology & Anthropology, Assumption College
January 29, 2012
