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Investigating the Social World - International Student Edition Russell K. Schutt

Investigating the Social World - International Student Edition By Russell K. Schutt

Investigating the Social World - International Student Edition by Russell K. Schutt

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In the Ninth Edition of his leading social research text, Russell K. Schutt, an award-winning researcher and teacher, continues to make the field come alive with current, compelling examples of high quality research and the latest innovations in research methodology, along with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the logic and techniques of social science research.

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Investigating the Social World - International Student Edition: The Process and Practice of Research by Russell K. Schutt

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In the Ninth Edition of his leading social research text, Russell K. Schutt, an award-winning researcher and teacher, continues to make the field come alive with current, compelling examples of high quality research and the latest innovations in research methodology, along with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the logic and techniques of social science research. Through numerous hands-on exercises that promote learning by doing, Investigating the Social World helps students to understand research methods as an integrated whole. Using examples from research on contemporary social issues, the text underscores the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and the need to make ethical research decisions. Investigating the Social World develops the critical skills necessary to evaluate published research, and to carry out one's own original research.

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About Russell K. Schutt

Russell K. Schutt, PhD, is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston; Clinical Research Scientist I at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and 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 his postdoctoral fellowship in the Sociology of Social Control Training Program at Yale University. In addition to co-authoring The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice (with Ronet Bachman), he is the author of Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research and Understanding the Social World: Research Methods for the 21st Century, and co-author of Making Sense of the Social World (with Dan Chambliss), Research Methods in Psychology (with Paul G. Nestor), The Practice of Research in Social Work and Fundamentals of Social Work Research (with Ray Engel), and Research Methods in Education (with Joseph Check), all with SAGE Publications, as well as author of Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Illness and Organization in a Changing Environment, coeditor of Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society and of The Organizational Response to Social Problems, and coauthor of Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice. He has authored and coauthored more than 65 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as many book chapters and research reports on homelessness, mental health, service preferences and satisfaction, organizations, and the sociology of law. His current and most recent research includes a $200,000 National Science Foundation-funded study of the social impact of the pandemic in Boston, with collaborators at the Center for Survey Research (UMass Boston) and Northeastern University, a $3.8 million randomized comparative effectiveness trial of two socially-oriented interventions to improve community functioning among persons diagnosed with serious mental illness, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with collaborators at the Harvard Medical School, and a $1 million Veterans Health Administration-funded study of peer support with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the VA. His past research has been funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Veterans Health Administration, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Fetzer Institute, and state agencies. Details are available at https://blogs.umb.edu/russellkschutt/.

Table of Contents

About the Author Preface Acknowledgments Section I. Foundations for Social Research 1. Science, Society, and Social Research Learning About the Social World Avoiding Errors in Reasoning About the Social World Science and Social Science Strengths and Limitations of Social Research Alternative Research Orientations Conclusions 2. The Process and Problems of Social Research Social Research Questions Social Theories Social Research Foundations Social Research Strategies Social Research Organizations Social Research Standards Conclusions 3. Research Ethics and Research Proposals Historical Background Ethical Principles The Institutional Review Board Social Research Proposals Conclusions Section II. Fundamentals of Social Research 4. Conceptualization and Measurement Concepts From Concepts to Indicators From Observations to Concepts Measurement Levels of Measurement Evaluating Measures Conclusions 5. Sampling and Generalizability Sample Planning Sampling Methods Sampling Distributions Conclusions 6. Research Design and Causation Research Design Alternatives Criteria and Cautions for Nomothetic Causal Explanations Comparing Research Designs Conclusions Section III. Basic Social Research Design 7. Experiments History of Experimentation True Experiments Quasi-Experiments Validity in Experiments Ethical Issues in Experimental Conclusions 8. Survey Research Survey Research in the Social Sciences Writing Survey Questions Combining Questions in Indexes Designing Questionnaires Organizing Surveys Ethical Issues in Survey Research Conclusions 9. Quantitative Data Analysis Introducing Statistics Preparing for Data Analysis Displaying Univariate Distributions Summarizing Univariate Distributions Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie With Statistics Cross-Tabulating Variables Regression Analysis Performing Meta-Analyses Analyzing Data Ethically: How Not to Lie About Relationships Conclusions 10. Qualitative Methods Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods Participant Observation Intensive Interviewing Interviewing Online Focus Groups Generalizability in Qualitative Research Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research Conclusions 11. Qualitative Data Analysis Features of Qualitative Data Analysis Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis Alternatives in Qualitative Data Visual Sociology Systematic Observation Participatory Action Research Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis Conclusions Section IV. Complex Social Research Designs 12. Mixed Methods History of Mixed Methods Types of Mixed Methods Strengths and Limitations of Mixed Methods Ethics and Mixed Methods Conclusions 13. Evaluation and Policy Research History of Evaluation Research Evaluation Basics Questions for Evaluation Research Design Decisions Policy Research Ethics in Evaluation Conclusions 14. Research Using Secondary Data and Big Data Secondary Data Sources Challenges for Secondary Data Analyses Big Data Ethical Issues in Secondary Data Analysis and Big Data Conclusions 15. Research Using Historical and Comparative Data and Content Analysis Overview of Historical and Comparative Research Methods Historical Social Science Methods Comparative Social Science Methods Demographic Analysis Content Analysis Ethical Issues in Historical and Comparative Research and Content Analysis Conclusions 16. Summarizing and Reporting Research Writing Research Displaying Research Reporting Research Ethics, Politics, and Research Reports Conclusions Appendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research Article Appendix B: How to Read a Research Article Appendix C: Table of Random Numbers Glossary Bibliography Index

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NPB9781544331409
9781544331409
1544331401
Investigating the Social World - International Student Edition: The Process and Practice of Research by Russell K. Schutt
Russell K. Schutt
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SAGE Publications Inc
2018-03-20
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