Book Review – Research Methods in the Social Sciences, by Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, David Nachimas and Jack De Waard (8th Edition)

Andrews J.

Chava Frankfort-Nachmias et al.’s eighth edition of the commended, ‘Research Methods in the Social Sciences’ aims to offer researchers a thorough and logical guide to undertaking social research. This edition includes new studies in respect to conducting research in a digital age, computer software packages and more up-todate examples on conducting social science research. The text is comprehensive and student-friendly, covering seven main areas of social science research: the scientific approach; the relationship between theory and research; ethics; research design; measurement and quantification; sampling; data collection; and data processing and analysis.

DOI

10.1007/s12062-017-9191-5

Type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2017-07-18T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

12

Pages

195 - 198

Total pages

3

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