Full Description
Featuring a unique pedagogical framework, Social Research Methods: Sociology in Action provides all the elements required to create an active learning experience for this course. Modeled after the other volumes in SAGE's "Sociology in Action" series, this innovative new text combines hands-on work, application, and learning-by-example. It features a diverse group of expert contributing authors who also practice active learning in their own classrooms.
Each chapter discusses one aspect of conducting quantitative or qualitative research and pairs that foundational coverage with carefully-developed learning activities and thought-provoking questions that prompt students to practice and apply their new research skills. The comprehensive Activity Guide that accompanies the text will help you carry out and assess the activities that best engage your students, fit the mode of instruction you choose, and meet your course goals.
In the spirit of the "Sociology in Action" theme, the text concludes with two unique chapters on how social researchers interact with their surrounding communities and help bring about social change and social justice.
This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.
Contents
Chapter 1. Making the Case for Sociological Knowledge - Kristin Kenneavy
Chapter 2. Posing Questions, Crafting Explanations, and Communicating Results - Mellisa Holtzman
Chapter 3. Characterizing the Dimensions of Social Research - Emily McKendry-Smith, Anne Kristen Hunter
Chapter 4. Contemplating the Ethical Dilemmas of Social Research - Steve Gunkel
Chapter 5. Selecting Observations - Jennifer A. Strangfeld
Chapter 6. Authenticating Concepts and Measures - Kimberly Tauches
Chapter 7. Causality and the Role of Experimental Designs - R. Saylor Breckenridge
Chapter 8. Surveying the Social Landscape - William Scarborough
Chapter 9. Watching, Talking and Listening - Kathleen (Casey) Oberlin
Chapter 10. Collecting What's Already There: Content Analysis and some Related Methods - Edward L. Kain
Chapter 11. Mixed Methods Research - Maura Kelly
Chapter 12. Quantitative Analysis - Catherine E. Harnois
Chapter 13. Coding Qualitative Data: Revealing Patterns in Words and Images - Krista McQueeney
Chapter 14. Evaluation Research: Applying Data to Problems - Sara Haviland, Heather McKay
Chapter 15. Telling the Story: Interacting with the Communities You Study - Heather Parrott
Chapter 16. Changing the Game: Using Research to Promote Social Justice - Adam Saltsman
