An Introduction to Research, Analysis, and Writing: Practical Skills for Social Science Students - Softcover

Newsome, Bruce Oliver

 
9781483352558: An Introduction to Research, Analysis, and Writing: Practical Skills for Social Science Students
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1483352552 ISBN 13: 9781483352558
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Bruce Oliver Newsome, PhD, is a lecturer in the School of International & Area Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Before teaching, he was a research policy scientist at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. He earned his undergraduate degree with honors in war studies from Kings College London, a master’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania, and PhD in international studies from the University of Reading.

From the Back Cover

Covering the full spectrum of skills needed, including planning, scoping, analysis, argumentation, theory building, modelling theories, methods, gathering data, presenting evidence, and writing, this book clearly helps students through each stage of doing a research project.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1483352552
ISBN 13 
9781483352558
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
376