Research Methods in the Social Sciences - Softcover

Chava Frankfort-Nachmias; David Nachmias; Jack DeWaard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1429233001 ISBN 13: 9781429233002

Publisher: Worth Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

With its clear presentation and integration of detailed real-world examples, this acclaimed core textbook accessibly illustrates the relevance of social sciences research without sacrificing key content. The eighth edition includes engaging new studies and examples that explore the use of Twitter feeds in social sciences research, the effect of climate change on human conflict, the use of rational intuition in explaining the Chelyabinsk meteor explosion, and much more. 
The eighth edition also includes new and expanded coverage of the use of the Internet and various computer software packages for retrieving, cleaning, coding, and analysing "big data”.  This textbook is core reading for undergraduate Social Science students taking modules in Research Methods.

About this title

About the Author:

Chava Frankfort-Nachmias is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. David Nachmias is a Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and holds the Romulo Betancourt Chair in Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Jack DeWaard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Graduate Faculty in Population Studies in the Minnesota Population Center at University of Minnesota.

About this edition

• Publisher: Worth Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1429233001
• ISBN 13: 9781429233002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512