The text introduces students to techniques for testing the accuracy of different maps of social reality, in order to help them understand, appreciate and manage the social world that surrounds us.
The text features humour and clear, down-to-earth explanations that make abstract theory understandable to undergraduates.
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 book is part of a series of extremely low-cost textbooks designed to make college affordable to all. This volume covers the fundamentals of social research methodology.
The fifth Canadian edition of Fundamentals of Social Research provides students with a basis for understanding social scientific research methods within the contexts of their own research projects, published research they consume, and the ...
This Second Canadian Edition is authored by best-selling authors, researchers and teachers Earl Babbie and Lucia Benaquisto.
Going through many research books this element is glaring missing. Fundamentals of Social Research assumes the reader is a beginner in research methods and hence the work is arranged systematically with this in mind.