TY  - BOOK
AU  - Newsome,Bruce Oliver
TI  - An introduction to research, analysis, and writing: practical skills for social science students 
SN  - 1483352552
AV  - H62 
U1  - 300.721 23  
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Los Angeles, California
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; The Way Ahead --; 2; Research Process --; What is Research? --; What are the Objectives and Products of Research? --; What are the Approaches to Research? --; Project Life Cycle --; 3; Research Ethics and Laws --; What are Ethics? --; 4; Scoping, Justifying, Designing, Planning --; Scoping --; The Value of Your Research --; Feasibility --; Developing a Research Question --; Describing, Justifying, Planning, and Proposing the Research --; 5; Reading and Reviewing --; Sources --; How to Read Efficiently --; Content Analysis --; Reviews --; 6; Analysis --; What is Analysis? --; Why Do We Analyze? --; How are We Told to Analyze? --; How Should We Analyze? --; 7; Arguing and Explaining --; Definitions --; Logical Arguments --; True Arguments --; Strong Versus Weak Arguments --; Fallacious Arguments --; Biases --; Dialectic Arguments --; Describing and Critiquing Arguments --; 8; Theorizing and Modeling --; Theories --; Hypotheses --; Models --; 9; Methods --; Methods and Methodologies --; Historical Research --; Case Study --; Survey Research --; Direct Observation in the Field --; Experimental Research --; 10; Evidence and Data --; Observations and Data --; Operationalization --; Measurement --; Classifying Data --; Datasets --; Uses of Data --; Evidence --; Causality and Correlation --; 11; Writing --; Planning the Writing of Your Whole Product --; Style --; Structure
N2  - "This accessible guide walks readers through the process of completing a social science research project. Written specifically to meet the needs of undergraduate research classes, it introduces students to a complete skill set, including: planning, design, analysis, argumentation, criticizing theories, building theories, modeling theories, choosing methods, gathering data, presenting evidence, and writing the final product. Students can use this text as a practical resource to navigate through each stage of the process, including choices between more advanced research techniques."--Publisher's website
ER  -