Research in Practice: Applied Methods for the Social Sciences

Product Description

A major shift in research methodology from technical to more contextual and pragmatic approaches, this thorough resource incorporates new trends while also providing comprehensive coverage of the full range of established research approaches and techniques, skillfully combining epistemology, methodology, statistics, and application in a volume that is both sophisticated and practical. Placing a greater emphasis on interdisciplinary and applied research skills, this guide encourages the concurrent use of qualitative and quantitative methods and explores such complex topics as ethical issues in social science research; inferential statistical methods; and Marxist, feminist, and black scholarship perspectives.

About the Author

Martin Terre Blanche is an associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of South Africa.
Kevin Durrheim is a professor in the department of psychology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal–Pietermaritzburg.
Desmond Painter is a lecturer in the department of psychology at Stellenbosch University.