Author: Earl R. Babbie Publisher: Scarborough, ON : Nelson Thomson Learning ISBN: 9780176168384 Category : Social sciences Languages : en Pages : 514
Book Description
Earl Babbie, best-selling author in the field, is joined by Lucia Benaquisto, experienced researcher and teacher for The Basics of Social Research, First Canadian Edition. This outstanding author team makes abstract theory understandable with humour and down-to-earth examples. Canadian examples and Canadian social science research make the text even more relevant to students. This textbook is for a one semester course in research methods. The adaptation is unique because it took the American edition but added unique chapters and methods based on the reviewers? desire for comprehensive coverage. There is more material on ethics and qualitative research in the Canadian edition. There is also coverage of a more advanced topic, the elaboration model. This adaptation is also uniquein the Canadian market because of its rich ancillary package.
Author: Rafael J. Engel Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1483352099 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 401
Book Description
Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, this brief version of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt’s popular, The Practice of Research in Social Work, makes principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research. With integration of the CSWE Competencies, the text addresses issues and concerns common to the discipline and encourages students to address diversity and ethics when planning and evaluating research studies. The Second Edition includes a focus on qualitative research, a new chapter on research ethics, new sections on mixed methods research and community-based participatory research, and more.
Author: Anol Bhattacherjee Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781475146127 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.
Author: Rafael J. Engel Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1412968917 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research in this Second Edition of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt's innovative The Practice of Research in Social Work. The authors introduce research methods as an integrated set of techniques for investigating the problems encountered in social work, directly linking each topic to issues associated with ethics, diversity, and evidence-based practice. Enabling students to critically evaluate research literature and develop the skills to engage in research and practice evaluation, the book emphasizes methods of particular concern in social work research and devotes chapters to group, survey, single subject, and qualitative designs.
Author: Paul M. Kellstedt Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 052187517X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 293
Book Description
This textbook introduces the scientific study of politics, supplying students with the basic tools to be critical consumers and producers of scholarly research.
Author: Garry Anderson Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135708215 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
Cuts through the complexities of educational research to give the novice reader a sound basis to define, develop, and conduct study, while providing insights for even the accomplished reader.
Author: Michael Crotty Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1446283135 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 257
Book Description
Choosing a research method can be bewildering. How can you be sure which methodology is appropriate, or whether your chosen combination of methods is consistent with the theoretical perspective you want to take? This book links methodology and theory with great clarity and precision, showing students and researchers how to navigate the maze of conflicting terminology. The major epistemological stances and theoretical perspectives that colour and shape current social research are detailed and the author reveals the philosophical origins of these schools of inquiry and shows how various disciplines contribute to the practice of social research as it is known today.
Author: Claire Bless Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd ISBN: 9780702171949 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 204
Book Description
Researchers are continually challenged to find different ways of investigating political, economic and social issues in Africa. This book describes social research methods and applications within African contexts. It features examples of social research conducted in various African countries.
Author: Margaret H. DeFleur Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education ISBN: 9780078036897 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Fundamentals of Human Communication presents the basic theoretical and practical concepts of the human communication process. DeFleur uses a multidisciplinary approach, with a balance of innovative and traditional perspectives to give students the tools to communicate effectively in the workplace and in everyday situations
Author: Earl R. Babbie
Author: Claire Bless
Author: Rafael J. Engel
Author: Anol Bhattacherjee
Author: Rafael J. Engel
Author: Paul M. Kellstedt
Author: Garry Anderson
Author: Michael Crotty
Author: Claire Bless
Author: Margaret H. DeFleur