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INVESTIGATING THE SOCIAL WORLD: THE PROCESS AND PRACTICE OF RESEARCH EIGHTH EDITION Paperback – 15 September 2014

Russell K. Schutt . SAGE Publications, Inc . English

In this exciting new Eighth Edition of his leading social research text, author Russell K. Schutt, an award-winning researcher and teacher, continues to make the field come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter. Through numerous examples and hands-on exercises that help students learn by doing, Investigating the Social World helps readers understand research methods as an integrated whole. Readers will learn to appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and understand the need to make ethical research decisions while also learning about research on contemporary social issues like the Internet and social relations, the police response to domestic violence, the sources of democracy, the determinants of voting, the impact of disasters, and the causes of violence.

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About the Author

Russell K. Schutt, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Lecturer (part-time) in the Department of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, and Clinical Research Scientist I at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He conducts research about homelessness, social functioning, mental illness, service systems, and social processes in health, social service, and work organizations and in criminal justice agencies, with funding from federal, state and local agencies and service providers. In 2007, he received the Chancellor's Distinguished Service Award at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Learn more at https://blogs.umb.edu/russellkschutt/.

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