Description
Book SynopsisW. Lawrence Neuman James is professor of sociology and Asian Studies coordinator at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His M.A. and Ph.D. were earned at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has authored seven books and published 35 articles and book chapters, which have appeared in
Social Problems,
Sociological Inquiry,
Social Science Quarterly,
American Sociological Review,
Critical Asian Studies,
Teaching Sociology,
The Journal of Contemporary Asia,
Sociological Quarterly, and other journals . He is a former president of the Wisconsin Sociological Association. Neuman has received his university's highest award for research, the Chancellor's Award for service to students with disabilities, as well as the the Wisconsin Sociological Association's Outstanding Service Award, and the College of Letters and Sciences awards for outstanding teaching, excellence in research, and outstanding service.
Table of Contents
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Part I: Foundations
- Chapter 1: Doing Social Research
- Chapter 2: Theory and Social Research
- Chapter 3: Ethics in Social Research
- Chapter 4: Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study
- Chapter 5: Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement
- Chapter 6: Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling
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Part II: Conducting Quantitative Research
- Chapter 7: Survey Research
- Chapter 8: Experimental Research
- Chapter 9: Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis
- Chapter 10: Analysis of Quantitative Data
- Part III: Conducting Qualitative Research
- Chapter 11: Field Research and Focus Group Research
- Chapter 12: Historical-Comparative Research
- Chapter 13: Analysis of Qualitative Data
- Part IV: Research Reports
- Chapter 14: Writing the Research Report
