applications in the modern world Besen-Cassino, Yasemin creator author. Cassino, Dan 1980- author. text bibliography nyu 2023 Second edition. monographic eng

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xiii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm "Social Research Methods by Example sharpens students' understanding of the research process and the essential methods and tools that researchers utilize to perform their work on the cutting edge of the social sciences. The authors break the textbook into two major sections, the first of which provides a foundation for conducting research and forming a research inquiry. The second section guides students through major types of social research, with each chapter's focus set on a different technique. Engaging and illustrative examples from real research are shown throughout to introduce students to key aspects of the process and make the material on methods more relatable and applicable to their own future projects. The new edition features updated examples across the chapters, reflecting new directions within the social sciences and both a diversity of voices and research output in recent years. The authors also expand their chapter overviews on surveys, interviews and focus groups, and multivariate analysis, and weave discussion of validity and ethical considerations more carefully into the fabric of each chapter's focus. Far more than an introduction to the principles of social science research, this book leaves students with the skills and the applied know-how to carry out their own. It is an excellent resource for methods courses across the social sciences"-- Introduction to research methods -- Operationalizations and validity -- Research ethics -- Theory and paradigms -- Literature reviews -- Ethnographies -- Interviews and focus groups -- Content analysis -- Experiments -- Field and quasi-experiments -- Designing survey items -- Administering surveys -- Quantitative methods I: descriptive statistics -- Quantitative methods II: multi-variate relationships. Yasemin Besen-Cassino and Dan Cassino. Revised edition of the authors' Social research methods by example, 2018. Includes bibliographical references and index. Social sciences Methodology Social sciences Research H61 .B47335 2023 300.721 B463s Besen-Cassino, Yasemin. New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 Second edition (DLC) 2022053894 9781032209203 2022053893 DLC 221216 20251216143835.0 22904587 eng