Research Methods In Social Relations 8Th
"Maruyama and Ryan have produced an outstanding textbook very useful to the advanced scholar and yet accessible to the novice. The volume is sophisticated in its epistemology but easily read and understood. An excellent source for anyone who wants to know how to do research in the social sciences." Professor Faye Crosby, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz
"This impressive and comprehensive volume is unparalleled in its ability to make sophisticated concepts and rigorous scientific methods accessible and easy to understand." Dr. Linda R Tropp, Director, Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, University of Massachusetts
Research Methods in Social Relations now in its 8th Edition features a series of significant updates and revisions in its comprehensive introduction to current research methods in the social and behavioral sciences. In addition to coverage of newer research approaches such as propensity score matching, mixed methods designs, and confirmatory factor analysis, the current volume also features several new chapters designed to engage readers in critical thinking about the processes involved in building sustainable partnerships in field and community settings. A greater emphasis is also placed on methodology and approaches used to develop partnership research, the types of research done in communities, and consideration of cultural issues in research. This new edition also highlights the most up-to-date advances in areas like single case/subject designs, mixed methods approaches, measurement validity, survey research, propensity score matching, use of technology, and cross-cultural research. Research Methods in Social Relations, 8th Edition, enhances its stature as the most invaluable presentation of the array of current research methods utilized in the social and behavioral sciences.
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Research Methods in Social Relations, 8th Edition, features a series of updates and revisions in its comprehensive introduction to current research methods in the social and behavioural sciences.
- Offers comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of traditional and topical research methods
- Addresses many newer research approaches such as propensity score matching, mixed methods designs, and confirmatory factor analysis
- Written to be accessible to a range of social and behavioural science disciplines, including public health, political science, sociology, and psychology
- Includes new chapters that engage readers in critical thinking about the processes involved in building sustainable partnerships in field and community settings
- The Companion website includes an array of resources for Instructors, including Test Banks, Power Point lecture slides, discussion questions and exercises
- This new edition is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2001’s seventh edition by Hoyle, Harris and Judd
Auteur | | Geoffrey Maruyama |
Taal | | Engels |
Type | | Hardcover |
Categorie | | Mens & Maatschappij |