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The Practice of Social Research (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) (Practice of Social Research)
This book is a course requirement; otherwise it would not have been purchased.In my opinion this is unquestionably the worst textbook I have every read.I have read a lot of textbooks, over 60 boxes worth, both as a student and a professor.Some have been a good read, others not.In all of them I have found at least something worthwhile.Not this time.
Textbook
I use this for my text for an upper division Soc class - is a good book - easy to read - wish I had the CD!

Fast, Accurate and Great Condition
I was skeptical when the description said they ship same day but took the chance because I had waited till the last minute to order my books. I placed the order Monday morning and received the book Wednesday just in time for class!!! Thank you for the fast delivery with no extra charge to me!!! And of course as promised the book was in excellent condition and everyone in class was jealous because I paid less and got better service then most of them!!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Research    3. Social Science    4. Social sciences    5. Sociology    6. Marriage, family & other relationships    7. Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family    8. Social research & statistics   

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A Real Contribution to Grounded Theory
As someone who writes about grounded theory and supervises PhD students using grounded theory, I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending this book to them and anyone else using grounded theory. It isinfinitely superior to the Strauss and Corbin book which in my opinion is too restrictive and makes it difficult for graduate students to apply grounded theory. Charmaz also very cleverly avoids the schism that rose between Glaser and Strauss on the application of the method by giving the student several alternative steps. A scholarly book which is also very accessible. As someone using grounded theory, I am relieved that Kathy Charmaz wrote this book - she really does do a good job in reformulating it for 21st century researchers.

A great new book on grounded theory
As a qualitative researcher using grounded theory methods in the late stages of my dissertation process the last thing I thought I needed was yet another qualitative/grounded theory textbook.Because of the recommendation of a friend and because I am a bit of research methods nut I bought "Constructing Grounded Theory" - and I am glad that I did.I actually read the whole book.
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Subjects:  1. Grounded theory    2. Methodology    3. Research    4. Social Science    5. Social sciences    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - Social Theory    8. Social Science / Research    9. Social research & statistics   

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Review from aFocus Group Moderator
If you're looking for practical information that you can apply quickly, I suggest picking up this book. You'll flip through it time and again. As the owner of www.MyFocusGroupModerator.com, I see a lot of poorly written material. Krueger has done a good job in making this guide immediately impactful to the reader.

Helpful guide to focus groups
Kreuger and Casey's book provided helpful information for conducting focus groups to novice practioners. From room arrangement to recruitment, the guide covered all the basics.

Wow, Surprisingly Good....
If you are looking for a solid foundation in conducting focus groups, this is your book.From initial planning to post group interview analysis, it provides a fantastic and comprehensive overview on preparing and conducting focus group research.It is particularly useful for marketing and research professionals looking to take their first steps into the world of focus groups.I purchased the book to help with my consulting practice and have been very pleased.Overall grade: A-/A ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Focused group interviewing    2. Methodology    3. Research    4. Social Science    5. Social sciences    6. Sociology    7. Social Science / Research    8. Social research & statistics   

Reviews (8)

In-depth details of qualitative research explained with ease
Patton describes qualitative research design and data collection methods in a way that even the novice researcher can easily understand and utilize.

Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods
i knew the valuable information that was contained in the book. That is why i ordered it. I had also read Patton, 1990, 2nd ed.

M.Patton's Qualitiative Research Book Review
This book provides in-depth information about qualitative research that plays a very important role in the classroom. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Evaluation research (Social ac    2. Evaluation research (Social action programs)    3. Methodology    4. Research    5. Research & Methodology    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Social sciences    9. Sociology    10. Psychology    11. Social Science / Research    12. Social research & statistics   

Reviews (5)

Grounded Theory
This is an excellent reference for those doing research that uses grounded theory to build theories.

Seminal Work in Grounded Theory
This book is a must for anyone looking to write theory, or for researchers looking to do qualitative analysis.

Grounded Theory Rocks
Glaser and Strauss's book is easy to read and offers a qualitative theory building strategy that is well structured. They provide a concise overview of the history of grounded theory and its uses. Moreover, they offer readers solid guidance on comparative qualitative studies and defense of the same in the world of research. ... Read more

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Definitive - But
Absolutely the main text but check it out from the library - you will use it approximately 10-15 times in your research life.

The Definitive Power Analysis Text
Cohen does a masterful job of taking the guesswork out of statistical power estimation.This text provides procedural guidelines for determining power for many designs, and can be quite helpful in determining propersample sizes.Not for the casual reader, but a necessary addition to anyserious researchers statistical library.

The classic statistical power reference.
Clearly, a must for every statistical library.This book is considered the authority on power analysis. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Methodology    3. Probabilities    4. Research & Methodology    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Social sciences    8. Sociology    9. Statistical Methods In The Social Sciences    10. Statistical methods    11. Statistical power analysis    12. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    13. Probability & statistics    14. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Politics / Current Events    3. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    4. Research    5. Social Science    6. Social problems    7. Social sciences    8. Sociology    9. Social Science / Research    10. Social issues    11. Social research & statistics   

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A must-have book for any serious social science researcher
A wealth of information for both the novice and experienced researcher.The sections on social measurements and indices are most impressive. Excellent resource guide for the serious researcher. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Economics - Theory    4. Methodology    5. Research    6. Research & Methodology    7. Social sciences    8. Sociology    9. Sociometry    10. Social Science / Research    11. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Action research in education    2. Education    3. Educational Research    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Methodology    6. Research    7. Social Sciences Research    8. Sociology    9. Education / Leadership   

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Rosetta Stone of Hypertext
This huge tome is a must have for anyone who wants to deeply understand hypertext and its precursors. From William Burroughs to Doug Englebart and Augosto Boal to Ted Nelson this book presents a huge range of articles (and discursive commentary) of interest to computer scientists, writers, new media workers, artists and everyone in between. This is one stop shopping for new media literacy with over 800 pages of good stuff, much of it very hard to find outside of this volume.

Well done!
Fascinating, thorough in its analysis, beautifully designed reader/player.Good, well-rounded selection of texts and new media objects with no attempt to be exhaustive (to the editors' credit).I plan to use it as one of the texts in an upcoming university course. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books And Software    2. Computers and civilization    3. Internet    4. Mass Communication Media And Society    5. Mass media    6. Media Studies    7. Methodology    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Telecommunication    11. Telecommunication (Engineering)    12. Telecommunications    13. Social Science / Methodology   

Subjects:  1. Data processing    2. Multivariate analysis    3. Psychology    4. Research    5. Research & Methodology    6. Social Psychology    7. Social sciences    8. Statistical methods    9. Statistics    10. Structural equation modeling    11. Probability & statistics    12. Social Science / Methodology   

Reviews (7)

Qualitative Manual
Prof used this book in a PhD Qualitative Research and Evaluation class.It is a nice refrence on the practical asspects of some of the more nebular qualitative methods rubric books. Ex, it gives some insight as to interview "feeling"... Having focused on Qualitative Methods in England... you should pair it with more 'hard core' works as well. Hope this helps.

Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences, Fifth
Great book, but necessary for class so I am biased.

For undergraduate class
This book is a textbook on qualitative research methods at undergraduate level. To be a good and useful enough textbook on research methods, it must have two features:Read more

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Qualitative Techniques In The Social Sciences    3. Research    4. Social Science    5. Social sciences    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - General    8. Social Science / Sociology / General    9. Social research & statistics   

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Very useful!
Very good chapters for mixed-mode survey and alternative ways of delivering a questionnaire.

A bit outdated but worth checking out
I purchased this book and was a bit dissapointed that there was focuse on outdated methods like mail-in responses.With the advent of the Web, we've cut our client's costs by 80% and get them a 30% better response rate.Just make sure that whatever survey provider you go with offers correlation analysis, Confidence intervals, and Cumulative distributionare among the various statistical measures used to analyze your results. We're using Vista - no other survey tool gives you all of this crucial information.

Light on the technical side
For those of you who do survey research and struggle with getting an acceptible response rate, this is the book for you.It truly is an amazing resource for a method that can get one to near a 75% response even on mail-only surveys.Highly recommended.Read more

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Psychology    3. Research    4. Research & Methodology    5. Sociology    6. Statistics    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / Statistics    8. Social research & statistics   

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You NEED this book if you are working on a dissertation
As social science researchers we want to know three things: Good book and very helpful
I had Rae Newton for the graduate methods course(s) at CSU Fullerton (502A and 502B).I have used this book many times to answer all of my questions (of course, when Dr. Newton was not available.)In short, I think this book should be used in all methods/stats classes.It really gets to the point and does not waste too much time with all of the formulas.I think it is meant to be used as a guide for non-math/statistics people who are using statistical packages like SPSS.It makes statistics understandable. ... Read more

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Maximal clarity on the subject
If you have to do statistical analysis where your dependent variable is a count, a dichotomy, categorical, or ordinal, and if you are not a grad student in a statistics department, this is a book for you.Long clearly illustrates the need for the different models, covers the essentials of each, and provides further references.Obviously, no book on such a range of topics could be complete - there are entire long books written on each of the chapters in this one.But this is a good place to start, and it is nice to have it all 'tied together' - this makes it easier to see the relationships among the models.

Extremely good book on Logistic Regression
Since I do statistical modeling in industry, I was looking for a good book on Logistic regression that would give me a deep understanding of the subject; one that also had wide coverage (Poison regression, Tobit models, ..etc.). I decided on J. Scott Long's book, after considering Applied Logistic Regression by Hosmer and Lemeshow, and Limited Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics by Maddala. I must say I am very pleased with my choice. The topics are very clear, and the math is used as an aid to understanding, and you don't get bogged down in the math. It is a pleasure to read the book.

Most intuitive book on the subject
This book is especially useful to start understanding topics like ordered probit, multinomial logit, negative binomial regression and zero-inflated count models. Although it starts with a chapter on the linear regression model, it should not be mistaken for an introductory text. I would certainly advise readers with limited background in regression models to start with other books, like the one of Wooldridge (Introductory Econometrics). The quality of this book must be that I've yet to see a book that explains these topics more intuitively. That is not to say it is easy or without mathematics, it's not. It just looks like the mathematics is only used for better comprehension, not to give you the full proof. Furthermore, while reading it you get the feeling that the author understands what you, as a researcher, are interested in. This allows him to focus on the topics of interest, like model selection and testing and interpretation of output. So although this is not a cookbook, it may well be the closest thing to it, especially in combination with his new book on applying these models in Stata (only available at Stata). It is a pity that the author stops short of non-parametric models (next edition?). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Mathematics    2. Probability & Statistics - General    3. Quantitative Techniques In The Social Sciences    4. Reference    5. Regression Analysis    6. Research    7. Social Science    8. Probability & statistics    9. Social Science / Research    10. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Research    3. Social Science    4. Social surveys    5. Sociology    6. Research methods: general    7. Social Science / Research    8. Social research & statistics   

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Good book for your Library
This is really one of the very best books for people in the Health-related fields. It helps in a very good understanding of the fundamental basics of Evaluation which will help in a good understanding, evaluation, and application of Programs at large and Health Programs in particular. Note: You need to have a good basis of Statistics to read this book. Watch out! ... Read more

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Leslie
I have read many articles and books on this topic.While most books cover the evauluation levels defined by Kirkpatrick, this book goes one step further by providing lots of practical examples on how to actually evaluate training at each level.Every page contains at least one useful tip!

How to measure training results
very practical information.Gave very easy steps to follow and easy to implement.Reinforced that training can be measured.

e-book beware
I ordered this book with the Adobe Digital Download. After running the install file 3 times, it still wouldn't work. It kept saying "None of the requested vouchers could be obtained."Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Employee Training And Development    5. Employees    6. Entrepreneurship    7. Evaluation    8. Evaluation (Social Sciences)    9. Human Resources & Personnel Management    10. Research    11. Training    12. Training of    13. Business & Economics / Training    14. Personnel & human resources management   

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Short, sharp, effective. Dr Fowler covers it all.
The author has been a senior research fellow since 1971, and in that time has no-doubt seen it all when it comes to marketing and social research projects. In fact the volume was written after an evaluation of many significant social surveys where (he wasn't setting out to prove this) Fowler found the standard of questionnaire writing quite inadequate.
Classic book with timeless advice
After reaading many books on questionnaires, I find this one provides the most generally useful advice in a readable, compact format. Much cheaper and more advanced than the Survey Kit (also published by Sage), Fowler's book should find a place on the bookshelf of anyone writing questionnaires or surveys. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Research    3. Social Science    4. Social sciences    5. Social surveys    6. Sociology    7. Social Science / Research    8. Social research & statistics