3rd Edition
Research Methods and Society Foundations of Social Inquiry
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introducing Social Research
Chapter 2. Ethics and Social Science Research
Chapter 3. Scientific Method and Basic Concepts
Chapter 4. Variables and Their Measurement
Chapter 5. Designing Social Experiments
Chapter 6. Ethnography and Observation
Chapter 7. Indirect Methods
Chapter 8. Surveys
Chapter 9. Population, Samples, and Sampling
Chapter 10. Data Preparation and Basic Analysis
Chapter 11. Data Analysis 2: Describing, Explaining, Evaluating
Chapter 12. Preparing the Report
Chapter 13. Applying Principles of "Science Learning" to Everyday Learning
Appendix 1. Chapter Supplements
Appendix 2. Code of Ethics
Appendix 3. Random Numbers Table
Appendix 4. Statistical Formulas
Appendix 5. Introduction to the General Social Survey (GSS) Dataset
Glossary
References
Biography
Dr. Linda Eberst Dorsten, Professor Emerita, served as research consultant to state and community agencies across several states and for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention five-year initiative. She publishes articles in Demography, Population Research and Policy Review, Sociology of Education, and Research in Sociology of Education and Socialization.
Dr. Lawrence Hotchkiss is a retired statistical consultant from the University of Delaware. A research scholar, he has directed numerous studies of education and learning and published many papers in refereed journals. He is an experienced user of survey data in large national datasets, and an experienced research administrator.
