Applied Social Science Methodology An Introductory Guide
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This textbook provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to methodological issues encountered by the various social science disciplines. It emphasizes applications, with detailed examples, so that readers can put these methods to work in their research. Within a unified framework, John Gerring and Dino Christenson integrate a variety of methods - descriptive and causal, observational and experimental, qualitative and quantitative. The text covers a wide range of topics including research design, data-gathering techniques, statistics, theoretical frameworks, and social science…
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Key features
- A clear, concise and comprehensive introduction to social science methodology, with an emphasis on application
- Uses a unified framework, integrating a variety of methods including descriptive and causal, observational and experimental, and qualitative and quantitative
- Supplementary online resources include questions, exercises, chapter lecture slides, a hypothetical data set and suggestions for further reading
- Applicable to all social science disciplines including politics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, business, and economics
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107775558
- Subjects Qualitative Research Methods
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 23 June 2017
- ISBN: 9781107071476
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 1.09kg
- Contains: 48 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 442 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 24 April 2017
- ISBN: 9781107416819
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.95kg
- Contains: 48 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 442 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9781107775558
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