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Textbook Details

By Amy Blackstone
Published
April 2025
Discipline
Sociology Textbooks
ISBN (Digital)
979-8-88794-231-5

Brief Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Sociological Inquiry
  • Chapter 2: Linking Methods With Theory
  • Chapter 3: Ethics in Research
  • Chapter 4: Getting Started
  • Chapter 5: Research Design
  • Chapter 6: Defining and Measuring Concepts
  • Chapter 7: Making Claims: Samples and Sampling
  • Chapter 8: Surveys and Experiments: Quantitative Techniques
  • Chapter 9: Interviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
  • Chapter 10: Field Research: A Qualitative Technique
  • Chapter 11: Unobtrusive Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
  • Chapter 12: Quantitative Analysis
  • Chapter 13: Qualitative Analysis
  • Chapter 14: Putting It All Together: Sharing Your Own and Others’ Research Responsibly
  • Chapter 15: Research Methods in the Real World

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