Real World Research, 4th Edition
ISBN: 978-1-118-74523-6
December 2015
560 pages
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Real World Research provides a clear route-map of the various steps needed to carry out a piece of applied research to a high professional standard. It is accessible to those without a social science background while providing rigorous and fully up-to-date coverage of contemporary issues and debates. It brings together materials and approaches from different social science disciplines, seeing value in both quantitative and qualitative approaches, as well as their combination in mixed-method designs.
New to Edition
- A new chapter - on desk-based research projects/literature reviews.
- Thoroughly updated and revised, with a focus on the qualitative and quantitative data analysis chapters.
- New discussions on the impact of research on policy change, especially in emerging and sensitive areas - with a focus on research ethics.
- More multi-disciplinary examples of research and its impact - incorporating research examples from forensic psychology, criminology, politics and social policy to further evidence the use, and transferability, of social research methods across disciplines
- Research methods training and future research - stressing the centrality of research methods in all walks of social life - from institutions, to UG and PG research, to careers
Features
- Even-handed coverage of qualitative and quantitative approaches
- Furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in 'real world' situations
- Draws examples from the field of applied psychology, applied social science, health studies, social work and education
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