عنوان

Readings in social research methods /

(Number (ISBN

0495093378

(Number (ISBN

9780495093374

Number

b528722

Title Proper

Readings in social research methods /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

[edited by] Diane Kholos Wysocki

Edition Statement

3rd ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Belmont, CA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Thomson/Wadsworth,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2008]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 236 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Wadsworth sociology reader series

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

part I. An introduction to inquiry -- [chapter] 1. Here we go! Get ready to find out why you should learn about research methods -- 1. From The sociological imagination / C. Wright Mills -- 2. The reality of everyday life / Peter Berger, Thomas Luckmann -- [chapter] 2. Research and theory : they go hand in hand -- 3. School tracking and student violence / Lissa J. Yogan -- 4. Murder followed by suicide in Australia, 1973-1992 : a research note / Jo Barnes -- [chapter] 3. Ethics : you must have ethics in life and especially in research -- 5. Taking names : the ethics of indirect recruitment in research on sexual networks / Lewis H. Margolis -- 6. The ethics of conducting social-science research on the Internet / James C. Hamilton -- 7. Code of ethics / American Sociological Association --

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part II. The structuring of inquiry -- [chapter] 4. Research design : now it's time to plan -- 8. Public assistance receipt among immigrants and natives : how the unit of analysis affects research findings / Jennifer Van Hook, Jennifer E. Glick, Frank D. Bean -- 9. Consequences of participating in a longitudinal study of marriage / Joseph Veroff, Shirley Hatchett, Elizabeth Douvan -- [chapter] 5. Conceptualization and operationalization : we have to explain what we are studying -- 10. An epidemiological survey on the presence of toxic chemicals in soaps and cosmetics used by adolescent female students from a Nigerian University / Ifeyinwa Flossy Obuekwe, Mabel Ochei Uche, M. Pharm -- 11. Conceptualization of Terrorism / Jack P. Gibbs -- [chapter] 6. Indexes and scales : now we get to measure it all! -- 12. A study of differences in business ethical values in Mainland China, the U.S., and Jamaica / Lillian Y. Fok, Sandra J. Hartman, Kern Kwong -- 13. The reverse social distance scale / Motoko Y. Lee, Stephen G. Sapp, Melvin C. Ray -- [chapter] 7. Sampling made easy -- 14. Sex in America / Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, Gina Kolata -- 15. The Eurowinter Project : the use of market/social research methods in an international scientific study / Colin McDonald --

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part III. Modes of observations -- [chapter] 8. Experimental and survey research : putting it all together -- 16. Prepaid monetary incentives and data quality in face-to-face interviews : data from the 1996 survey of income and program participation incentive experiment / Michael Davern, Todd H. Rockwood, Randy Sherrod, Stephen Campbell -- 17. Sex in America, the sex survey / Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, Gina Kolata -- 18. The Internet and opinion measurement : surveying marginalized populations / Nadine S. Koch, Jolly A. Emrey -- [chapter] 9. Field research and unobtrusive measures : fun in the field -- 19. Comparisons between Thai adolescent voices and Thai adolescent health literature / Vipavee Thongpriwan, Beverly J. McElmurry -- 20. Amateur stripping and gaming encounters : fun in games or gaming as fun? / Julie Ann Harms Cannon, Thomas C. Calhoun, Rhonda Fisher -- 21. Thinking through the heart / Ann Goetting -- [chapter] 10. Existing data and evaluation research : let's find out what works -- 22. What sociologists do and where they do it : the NSF survey on sociologist's work activities and workplaces / Robert J. Dotzler, Ross Koppel -- 23. Professors who make the grade : (factors that affect students' grades of professors) / Vicky L. Seiler, Michael J. Seiler -- Appendix. Writing and reading a research paper -- 24. Construction of masculinity : a look into the lives of heterosexual male Transvestites / Diane Kholos Wysocki -- Glossary

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Sociology-- Research-- Methodology

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Wysocki, Diane Kholos

Date of Transaction

20090211023311.0

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