Amherst: Prometheus Books 2011. — 264 p. — ISBN10: 1616143894; ISBN13: 978-1616143893 Peter L. Berger is arguably the best-known American sociologist living today. Since the 1960s he has been publishing books on many facets of the American social scene, and several are now considered classics. So it may be hard to believe Professor Berger’s description of himself as an...
Oxford University Press, 2019. — 704 p. — (Oxford Handbooks). — ISBN10: 0190299320, 13 978-0190299323. Evolution, biology, and society is a catch-all phrase encompassing any scholarly work that utilizes evolutionary theory and/or biological or behavioral genetic methods in the study of the human social group, and The Oxford Handbook of Evolution, Biology, and Society contains...
5th Ed. — SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016. — 278 p. — (Applied Social Research Methods). — ISBN: 1483331156. — ISBN: 978-1483331157. This book serves as an introductory methods text on how to conduct a research synthesis of literature in the social, behavioural, or the medical sciences. Harris Cooper applies the basic tenets of sound data-gathering to the task of producing a...
Oxford University Press, 2017. — 772 p. Exploring analytical sociology as an approach for explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, and cultural tastes, this text brings together some of the most prominent analytical sociologists. In four parts, the volume describes the foundations of analytical...
4th Ed. — SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016. — 280 p. — (Applied Social Research Methods). — ISBN10: 150634156X. — ISBN13: 978-1506341569. In the Fourth Edition of Scale Development, Robert F. DeVellis demystifies measurement by emphasizing a logical rather than strictly mathematical understanding of concepts. The text supports readers in comprehending newer approaches to...
SAGE Publications, 2015. — 442 p. — ISBN10: 1452299366. — ISBN13: 978-1452299365 Real Research teaches students about each step in the research process within the context of a particular research method. Each chapter begins with a description of the method and the logic that underlies it, so that students can see how each and every step in the research process fits within the...
SAGE Publications, Inc, 2024. — 616 p. Herman Aguinis′s Research Methodology: Best Practices for Rigorous, Credible, and Impactful Research provides a comprehensive guide to conducting high-impact empirical research. A valuable resource for all researchers, it offers step-by-step explanations of diverse methodologies with practical guidelines. This text aids readers in...
Princeton University Press, 1994. — 264 p. "The book is marked by a very careful building up of all concepts; by clear, vivid writing; and by an excellent use of extended examples from the work of such scholars as Nina Halpern, Atul Kohli, and David Laiting."--Journal of Politics "This book has a lot to offer any and all researchers-from senior professional veterans to thesis...
2nd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2020. — 1,279 p. The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, Second Edition presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the field of qualitative research. Divided into eight parts, the forty chapters address key topics in the field such as approaches to qualitative research (philosophical perspectives), narrative inquiry,...
Hershey: IGI Global, Information Science Reference, 2021. — 249 p. An intellectual property discussion is central to qualitative research projects, and ethical guidelines are essential to the safe accomplishment of research projects. Undertaking research studies without adhering to ethics may be dangerous to researchers and research subjects. Therefore, it is important to...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. — 375 p. — ISBN10: 1118963903. — ISBN13: 978-1118963906 This is an invaluable, concise, all-in-one guide for carrying out student research and writing a paper, adaptable to course use and suitable for use by students independently, it successfully guides students along every step of the way. Allows students to better manage their research projects...
SAGE Publications, 2020. — 400 p. — ISBN 9781544342375. Research Design and Methods: An Applied Guide for the Scholar-Practitioner is a straightforward and accessible text for graduate students conducting research in the social sciences. The target audience is the “scholar-practitioner”—working professionals seeking a graduate degree to improve their practice and further their...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2023. — 339 p. Methodology of Relational Sociology: Approaches and Analyses (Palgrave Studies in Relational Sociology) is the first book addressing explicitly and specifically the methodological issues of relational sociology, and more broadly of the new relational paradigm in social sciences. The dynamically developing relational movement in social and...
Boulder: Westview Press, 1998. — x + 197 p. The first full-length defense of social scientific laws to appear in the last twenty years, this book upholds the prospect of the nomological explanation of human behavior against those who maintain that this approach is impossible, impractical, or irrelevant. By pursuing an analogy with the natural sciences, McIntyre shows that the...
Oxford University Press, 2018. — 956 p. The Oxford Handbook of Polling and Survey Methods presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the social science and sociology literature on polling and survey methodologies. It is the definitive study of polling and survey methods for years to come. This book is the perfect reference guide for anyone who is...
New Brunswick ; London: Transaction Publishers, 2014. — xv + 400 p. In this unprecedented collection, Donald N. Levine rejuvenates the field of social theory in the face of lagging institutional support. The work canvasses the universe of types of theory work in sociology and offers probing examples from his array of scholarly investigations. Social Theory as a Vocation throws...
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