(eBook PDF) Research Methods for the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition 8th Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1429233001
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1429233002
• Author: Chava Frankfort-Nachmias

With its clear presentation and integration of detailed real-world examples, this acclaimed core textbook accessibly illustrates the relevance of social sciences research without sacrificing key content. The eighth edition includes engaging new studies and examples that explore the use of Twitter feeds in social sciences research, the effect of climate change on human conflict, the use of rational intuition in explaining the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion, and much more.
The eighth edition also includes new and expanded coverage of the use of the Internet and various computer software packages for retrieving, cleaning, coding, and analysing “big data”.  This textbook is core reading for undergraduate Social Science students taking modules in Research Methods.
Table contents:

Part I Underpinnings of Social Relations Research 1

Chapter 1 Ways of Thinking and Knowing 3

Chapter 2 Doing Social Science Research 29

Chapter 3 Ethical Principles 53

Chapter 4 Roles and Relations among Researchers, Practitioners, and Participants in Engaged Research 81

Chapter 5 Research in Laboratory Settings 107

Chapter 6 Research in Field and Community-Based Settings 139

Part II Research Approaches in Social Relations Research 161

Chapter 7 Measurement and Reliability 163

Chapter 8 Evaluating the Construct Validity of Measures 201

Chapter 9 Sampling Methods 229

Chapter 10 Randomized Experiments 257

Chapter 11 Quasi-Experimental and Other Nonrandomized Designs 291

Chapter 12 Non-Experimental Research 323

Chapter 13 Qualitative Research 365

Chapter 14 Survey Research 391

Chapter 15 Evaluation Research 413

Chapter 16 Mixed Methods Approaches: Learning from Complementary Methods 437

Part III Analysis and Writing 453

Chapter 17 Critically Reviewing Research Reports and Literatures 455

Chapter 18 Writing the Research Report 485

References 513

Index 535

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