Product Description

This text explains the systematic steps used by social scientists to examine the social world, and also teaches the skills necessary to read, understand, and realistically evaluate published research carried out by others.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #640344 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 576 pages

From the Back Cover

Real Research: Conducting and Evaluating Research in the Social Sciences

Loreen Wolfer

ISBN: 0-205-41662-4

Wolfer’s Real Research has two main goals to help the reader learn: how to identify the necessary skills for conducting research and how to realistically evaluate the research of others. The author achieves these goals by:
 

• Explaining the systematic steps used by social scientists to examine the social world
• Following the stages of the research process, but emphasizing that research does not always involve an orderly set of steps
• Presenting a model of "ideal" research, but also explaining how to recognize the limitations (like time and money) that affect the way real research is implemented
• Including a subscription to Pearson’s Research Navigator service with every text, which allows access to full-text articles from leading social science journals
• Using many examples and exercises on evaluating research, which can be found in the journal articles available online through Pearson's Research Navigator service

Real Research explains the systematic steps used by social scientists to examine the social world, and teaches the skills necessary to read, understand, and realistically evaluate published research carried out by others. The author follows the stages of the research process and presents a model of “ideal” research; but she also emphasizes that research does not always involve an orderly set of steps, and is often affected by limitations such as time and money.

Many examples and exercises on evaluating research are taken from journal articles available online through Pearson's outstanding Research Navigator™ service. A subscription to Research Navigator, with unlimited access to full-text articles from leading social science journals, is included with every new copy of Real Research.

Customer Reviews

Real Research Review
This is a very helpful way of learning how to conduct research for the social sciences.

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I have ordered Real Research for one of my classes. The book is well-planned, easy to understand, and provides all of the tools you need to master research methods and the corresponding statistical analysis. Definetly a must for both teacher and student!