A revolutionary textbook introducing masters and doctoral students to the major research approaches and methodologies in the social sciences. Written by an outs

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education,

To do research that really makes a difference -- the authors of this book argue -- social scientists need a diverse set of questions and methods, both qualitati

For the social sciences, the approach and processes in research are quite different. The type of evidence that social scientists can collect is often very depen

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