Fundamentals of Social Research
- ISBN-10
- 0176168389
- ISBN-13
- 9780176168384
- Series
- Fundamentals of Social Research
- Category
- Social sciences
- Pages
- 514
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarborough, ON : Nelson Thomson Learning
- Authors
- Earl R. Babbie, Lucia Benaquisto
Description
Earl Babbie, best-selling author in the field, is joined by Lucia Benaquisto, experienced researcher and teacher for The Basics of Social Research, First Canadian Edition. This outstanding author team makes abstract theory understandable with humour and down-to-earth examples. Canadian examples and Canadian social science research make the text even more relevant to students. This textbook is for a one semester course in research methods. The adaptation is unique because it took the American edition but added unique chapters and methods based on the reviewers? desire for comprehensive coverage. There is more material on ethics and qualitative research in the Canadian edition. There is also coverage of a more advanced topic, the elaboration model. This adaptation is also uniquein the Canadian market because of its rich ancillary package.
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