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Summary
Summary
Offering accessible examples showcasing how sociologists conduct research
Comprising 22 reading from both academic journals and books, this text presents the best examples of research methodology in contemporary and classic sociology. The editors organized the readings according to the logic of a research project. Beginning with the research question, to design, data collection and analysis, to application in the world. Each section contains an introduction, serving as a mini-textbook that guides students through the steps of their own research. Discussion questions after each section further compel students to think about the lessons they have learned.
Key Features
Real research selections show research in action that underscores the relevance for students Completely intact articles emphasize how the research is part of the whole sociological enterprise By focusing on sociology, the works strengthen the role of the methods course in the majorThis book is intended as either a core book or a secondary text, primarily for use in research methods courses in sociology.
The accompanying student study site includes:
Additional in-depth discussion questions per chapter A section of additional questions for further review Additional Web links as helpful resources Journal articles related to the readings in the book An "In the News" section that has a "real world" link to topics in the bookTable of Contents
Section I Where To Begin |
Comparative Perspectives and Competing Explanations: Taking on the Newly Configured Reductionist Challenge to Sociology (2006)Troy Duster |
Great Divides: The Cultural, Cognitive, and Social Bases of the Global Subordination of Women (2007)Cynthia Fuchs Epstein |
The Positive Functions of Poverty (1975)Herbert J. Gans |
Theodicy and Life Satisfaction Among Black and White Americans (2000)Marc A. Musick |
Section II Research Design |
Conceptualizing Urban Poverty (1995)Ellen Wratten |
Conceptualizing Work-Family Balance: Implications for Practice and Research (2007)Joseph G. Grzywacz and Dawn S. Carlson |
The Violence of Adolescent Life: Experiencing and Managing Everyday Threats (2004)Katherine Irwin |
Section III Ethics in Social Research |
Code of Ethics Policies and Procedures of the ASA Committee on Professional Ethics (1997) |
Policies and Procedures (1997) |
Project Camelot and the 1960s Epistemological Revolution: Rethinking the Politics-Patronage-Social Science Nexus (2001)Mark Solovey |
Section IV Quantitative Data Collection |
Mapping Global Values (2006)Ronald Inglehart |
Measuring Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): You May Only Get What You Ask For (2005)Eve Waltermaurer |
Ethnicity, Gender, and Perceptions of Task Competence (1990)Martha Foschi and Shari Buchan |
Section V Qualitative Data Collection |
Religion and Immigration in Comparative Perspective: Catholic and Evangelical Salvadorans in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Phoenix (2004)Cecilia Menjivar |
A Focus Group Study of the Motivation to Invest: "Ethical/Green" and "Ordinary" Investors Compared (2001)Alan Lewis |
The Pub and the People [Excerpt] (1942)Mass Observation |
"Afterword" From Sidewalk by Mitch Duneier (2000)Hakim Hasan |
Section VI Quantitative Data Analysis |
Gender Bias in the 1996 Olympic Games: A Comparative Analysis (2003)Catriona T. Higgs and Karen H. Weiller and Scott B. Martin |
Residential Segregation on the Island: The Role of Race and Class in Puerto Rican Neighborhoods (2007)Nancy A. Denton and Jacqueline Villarrubia |
Section VII Qualitative Data Analysis |
Weathering the Storm: Nonprofit Organization Survival Strategies in a Hostile Climate (2002)Howard Lune |
Social Context and Musical Content of Rap Music, 1979-1995 (2006)Jennifer C. Lena |
The Changing Culture of Fatherhood in Comic-Strip Families: A Six-Decade Analysis (2000)Raph LaRossa and Charles Jaret and Malati Gadgil and G. Robert Wynn |
Section VIII Mixed Methods |
Theorizing Disaster: Analogy, Historical Ethnography, and the Challenger Accident (2004)Diane Vaughan |
Men and Women's Experiences with Hazing in a Male-Dominated Elite Military Institution (2006)Jana L. Pershing |
The World-System After the Cold War (1993)Immanuel Wallerstein |
Section IX Last Word |
Glossary |