Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of ResearchPine Forge Press, 2012 - 618 páginas The most cutting-edge research methods, applied to engaging social issues, in a student-friendly textbook written by an award-winning researcher and teacher. In this new Seventh Edition of his perennially successful social research text, author Russell K. Schutt continues to make research come alive through stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter, and hands-on exercises that help students learn by doing. Investigating the Social World helps readers understand research methods as an integrated whole, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and understand the need to make ethical research decisions. New to this Edition: * upgraded coverage of research methods to include the spread of cell phones and the use of the Internet, including expanded coverage of Web surveys * larger page size in full color allows for better display of pedagogical features * new 'Research in the News' boxes included within chapters * more international examples * expanded statistics coverage now includes more coverage of inferenctial statistics and regression analysi |
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02Schutt 7e46730 | 25 |
03Schutt 7e46730 | 63 |
04Schutt 7e46730 | 93 |
05Schutt 7e46730 | 135 |
06Schutt 7e46730 | 171 |
07Schutt 7e46730 | 198 |
08Schutt 7e46730 | 229 |
13Schutt 7e46730 | 413 |
14Schutt 7e46730 | 445 |
15Schutt 7e46730 | 492 |
16GloSchutt 7e46730 | 519 |
17App ASchutt 7e46730 | 531 |
18App BSchutt 7e46730 | 533 |
19App CSchutt 7e46730 | 559 |
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09Schutt 7e46730 | 280 |
10Schutt 7e46730 | 320 |
11Schutt 7e46730 | 358 |
12Schutt 7e46730 | 387 |
21CreditsSchutt 7e46730 | 591 |
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