Social Sciences: Social Science Research Methods

"Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences", leads students through the research process from start to finish. The text opens with tips and strategies for generating research ideas, moves to selecting measures and participants, and then offers an examination of research strategy and design.

(Revised Edition: 2018) "Research Methods: The Basics", is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. Structured in two parts, the first covering the nature of knowledge and the reasons for research, and the second the specific methods used to carry out effective research.

Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods is a text that presents a comprehensive and balanced introduction to both qualitative and quantitative approaches to social research with an emphasis on the benefits of combining various approaches.

This book brings new perspectives to some of the core concerns of social science research methods; including chapters on Objectivity; Effects; Organizing Social Research; Correspondence Analysis; Grounded Theory; Conversational Surveys; Mixed Methods; Regression Analysis; Optimal Matching Analysis; GIS Analysis; Quantitative Narrative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; and Equation Modeling.

This book covers qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods in one volume. The Handbook includes chapters on each phase of the research process: research design, methods of data collection, and the processes of analyzing and interpreting data.

This text takes a practical, hands-on approach to research. It examines the main contemporary methodological approaches, balancing coverage of qualitative and quantitative research, including examples from the major social science disciplines: sociology, education, anthropology, psychology, and political science.

The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics provides students and researchers with an accessible resource to use when studying statistics in the social sciences, reading research reports and undertaking data analysis.

This book has become a classic introductory text for students in undergraduate courses on conducting social science research.

This major inter-disciplinary collection provides a general introduction to the subject. Chapters include discussions of fieldwork methodology, analyzing discourse, the advantages and pitfalls of team approaches, the uses of computers, and the applications of qualitative data analysis for social policy.