Essentials of Research Methods: A Guide to Social Science Research Ruane

Essentials of Research MethodsA Guide to Social Science Research\nAuthor(s): Janet M. Ruane\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631230489, 978-0631230489\nSynopsis\nEssentials of Research Methods is a concise and accessible introduction to research methods in the social sciences.\n\n Written by an expert of research methods teaching, this book takes extraordinary care to focus the reader on experiences in his or her everyday life as a way of understanding and performing research methods.\n\nIntroduces students to research methods with clear, concise, and accessible prose.\nFocuses the reader on everyday life as a way to understand research methods.\nCovers ethics, data gathering and analysis, and statistics.\nIncludes further reading lists, graphs, exercises, study questions, a glossary, and an annotated list of web resources.