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Essentials of Research Methods
Janet M. Ruane
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Description for Essentials of Research Methods
Hardcover.
Essentials of Research Methods is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences.
Written by an expert of research methods teaching, this book takes extraordinary care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods.
- Introduces students to research methods with clear, concise, and accessible prose.
- Focuses the reader on everyday life as a way to understand research methods.
- Covers ethics, data gathering and analysis, and statistics.
- Includes further reading lists, graphs, exercises, study questions, a glossary, and an annotated list of web resources.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631230489
SKU
V9780631230489
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99-50
About Janet M. Ruane
Janet M. Ruane is Associate Professor of Sociology at Montclair State University. She is co-author of Second Thoughts: Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye (with Karen Cerulo, third edition, 2004). She has taught research methods to undergraduates for more than fifteen years.
Reviews for Essentials of Research Methods
“Janet Ruane has written the most lively and lucid introductory methods book I’ve ever read. The book is filled with contemporary examples that will engage the beginning student while providing a thorough and memorable grounding in the conduct of social research.” Edward J. Hackett, Arizona State University “Finally a ... Read more