Basics of Social Research, Third Canadian Edition (3rd Edition)

Product Description Note: To purchase the Interactive eText, please search for ISBN 10: 020599170X / ISBN 13: 9780205991709. Basics of Social Research helps students understand what researchers do and why, while preparing them to think critically about how content findings are created. The information in this text is presented in an easy to understand manner that allows students to see the importance of properly conducted research. Updated Canadian content focuses on real research examples from Canadian studies to make social research accessible to students, and to demonstrate how social research has real-world applications. Themed boxes, summary problems, and review questions facilitate student learning and help students understand that social research requires dedication, creativity, and mature judgement. Review A well written, accessible and comprehensive introduction to research methods in the social sciences. –Ruben Zaiotti, Dalhousie University I like that this text incorporates a lot of Canadian content and I notice that the students do as well. –Tracy Supruniuk, York University This is a good text. It contains all of the elements related to doing research in the social sciences. –Lyne Marie Larocque, Vanier College, CEGEP About the Author Lawrence W. Neuman is a Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Asian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Dr. Neuman received UWW’s highest award for research, the Chancellor’s Award for service to students with disabilities and the College of Letters and Sciences awards for outstanding teaching, excellence in research, and outstanding service. His research interests include national identity and the fear of the Other, racial-ethnic categorization policies, immigration, Japanese social policy and national identity, and the U.S. anime fan subculture. Karen Robson joined the Department of Sociology at York University in 2004, and has since held short post-doctoral positions at the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning at the Institute of Education in London, UK (2006-2007) and The Geary Institute at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland (2007-2008). While completing her PhD, she worked as a Research Officer at the Institute of Social and Economic Research, where she was active on many research projects, including a UNICEF funded project that examined the correlates of young parenthood in the European Union. Follow-up work to this was funded by the UK Department of Health and focused on the differences in the socioeconomic disadvantages of early mothers by ethnic groups in Britain. Karen continues to study the correlates of young parenthood in the UK, Canada, and beyond.