This textbook provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to methodological issues encountered by the various Social Science disciplines.
An essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in communications, criminal justice, economics, business, finance, management, education, environmental policy, international development, law, political science, public health, public policy, Social work, sociology, and urban planning..
The text is accompanied by online practice questions, exercises, examples, and additional resources, including related readings and websites.
It is designed both for those attempting to make sense of Social science, as well as those aiming to conduct original research.
The text covers a wide range of topics including research design, data-gathering techniques, statistics, theoretical frameworks, and Social Science writing.
Within a unified framework, John Gerring and Dino Christenson integrate a variety of methods - descriptive and causal, observational and experimental, qualitative and quantitative.
It emphasizes applications, with detailed examples, so that readers can put these methods to work in their research.
This textbook provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to methodological issues encountered by the various Social Science disciplines
