Readings in social research methods

This reader is designed to accompany any main text in research methods or be used as a stand-alone reader. It has been closely patterned on the range of topics covered in Earl Babbie's best selling texts, THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, 11/e and BASICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, 4/e. The reader focuses on the core methodologies of the social research methods course and provides illustrations of those methods. The articles describe real world applications and research and show students how research is conducted and reported.

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Part I An Introduction to Inquiry

Ch. 1 Here We Go! Get Ready to Find out Why You Should Learn About Research Methods

1 From the Sociological ImaginationC. Wright Mills

2 The Reality of Everyday LifePeter Berger and Thomas Luckmann

Ch. 2 Research and Theory: They Go Hand in Hand

3 School Tracking and Student ViolenceLissa J. Yogan

4 Murder Followed by Suicide in Australia, 1973+1992: A Research NoteJo Barnes

Ch. 3 Ethics: You Must Have Ethics in Life and Especially In Research

5 Taking Names: The Ethics of Indirect Recruitment in Research on Sexual NetworksLewis H. Margolis

6 The Ethics of Conducting Social-Science Research on the InternetJames C. Hamilton

7 Code of Ethics, American Sociological Association

Part II The Structuring of Inquiry

Ch 4 Research Design: Now it's Time to Plan

8 Public Assistance Receipt Among Immigrants and Natives:How the Unit of Analysis Affects Research FindingsJennifer Van Hook and Jennifer E. Glick and Frank D. Bean

9 Consequences of Participating in a Longitudinal Study of MarriageJoseph Veroff and Shirley Hatchett and Elizabeth Douvan

Ch. 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, ObuekweIfeyinwa Flossy and Ochei Uche Mabel and M. Pharm

11 Conceptualization of TerrorismJack P. Gibbs

Ch. 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 JamaicaLillian Y. Fok and Sandra J. Hartman and Kern Kwong

13 The Reverse Social Distance ScaleMotoko Y. Lee and Stephen G. Sapp and Melvin C. Ray

Ch. 7 Sampling Made Easy

14 Sex in AmericaRobert T. Michael and John H. Gagnon and Edward O. Laumann and Gina Kolata

15 The Eurowinter project: the use of market/social research methods in an international scientific studyColin McDonald

Part III Modes of Observations

Ch. 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 experimentMichael Davern and Todd H. Rockwood and Randy Sherrod and Stephen Campbell

17 Sex in America-The Sex SurveyRobert T. Michael and John H. Gagnon and Edward O. Laumann and Gina Kolata

18 The Internet and Opinion Measurement: Surveying Marginalized PopulationsNadine S. Koch and Jolly A. Emrey

Ch. 9 Field Research and Unobtrusive Measures: Fun in the Field

19 Comparisons between Thai adolescent voices and Thai adolescent health literature, Vipavee ThongpriwanBeverly J. McElmurry

20 Amateur Stripping and Gaming Encounters: Fun in Gamesor Gaming as Fun?Julie Ann Harms Cannon and Thomas C. Calhoun and Rhonda Fisher

21 Thinking Through the HeartAnn Goetting

Ch. 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 WorkplacesRobert J. Dotzler and Ross Koppel

23 Professors Who Make the Grade (Factors That Affect Students' Grades. of Professors)Vicky L. Seiler and Michael J. Seiler

Appendix: Writing and Reading a Research Paper

24 Construction of Masculinity: A Look into the Lives of Heterosexual Male TransvestitesDiane Kholos Wysocki

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