224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Since its first edition in 1985, Patrick McNeill's Research Methods has become a classic introductory text for students of sociology at A level and in undergraduate courses as well as for a range of specialists in education, business, social care and medicine who need a brief but authoritative account of how sociologists set about conducting research. After a brief overview of the history of... Read more
Preface to First Edition. Preface to Second Edition. Preface to Third Edition. Acknowledgements 1. Research Methods in Sociology 2. Social Surveys 3. Experiments and the Comparative Method 4. Ethnography 5. Secondary Data 6. Theory, Science, and Values Appendix: Reading Sociological Research

Biography

Patrick McNeill has been involved in A level Sociology for over thirty years, as teacher, examiner, syllabus developer, author and publisher. He is currently working as an independent writer and consultant. He is a Vice-President of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences (ATSS) and Chair of Examiners for a major awarding body.

Steve Chapman has been involved in A level Sociology for over twenty years, as a teacher, examiner, Chief Examiner and author. He is currently on the executive committee of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences (ATSS) and is Head of Sociology at Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College.