Explains and illustrates techniques used in social science research projects, covering both quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis in social research, as well as the structure of research projects and the ethics and politics of research. Includes examples of academic and applied research studies, and exercises in planning research projects. For students in the social sciences, and for practitioners in nursing and other helping professions, the criminal justice system, teaching, and education. Paper edition (unseen), $28.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Roger Sapsford is Reader in Social Research at the University of Teesside.
Victor Jupp is Principal Lecturer in Criminology and Social Research in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Northumbria University
Contributors
Malcolm Ashmore, Loughborough University, UK
Lee Barron, Northumbria University, UK
Russell W. Belk, Northwestern University, USA
Roy Boyne, University of Durham, UK
Angela Brady, Northumbria University, UK
David Brockington, University Of Plymouth, UK
Martin Bulmer, University of Surrey, UK
John Bynner, University of London, UK
David Byrne, University of Durham, UK
Michael Carrithers, University of Durham, UK
Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, UK
Amanda Coffey, Cardiff University, UK
Tony Columbo, Coventry University, UK
Louise Corti, University of Essex, UK
Iain Crow, University of Sheffield, UK
Julia Davidson, University of Westminster, UK
Pamela Davies, Northumbria University, UK
Martyn Denscombe, De Montfort University, UK
Derek Edwards, Loughborough University, UK
Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey, UK
Uwe Flick, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
Jeremy Foster, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Philip Gardner, Cambridge University, UK
Jeanette Garwood, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Luca Greco, University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), France
Martyn Hammersley, The Open University, UK
Jamie Harding, Northumbria University, UK
Rom Harré, Georgetown University, USA
Eric Harrison, University of Oxford, UK
Alexa Hepburn, Loughborough University, UK
Claire Hewson, Bolton Institute, UK
Dick Hobbs, University of Durham, UK
Mark Israel, Flinders University, Australia
David Jary, University of Birmingham, UK
Vince Keddie, Department for Education and Skills, UK
Aidan Kelly, University of East London, UK
Robert Kozinets, Northwestern University, USA
Richard Lampard, University of Warwick, UK
Gayle Letherby, Coventry University, UK
Curt Le Baron, Brigham Young University, Utah, USA
Ana Lopes, University of East London, UK
Eugene McLaughlin, The Open University, UK
Craig McLean, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Bernd Marcus, Chemintz University, Germany
Steve Miles, Northumbria University, UK
David L. Morgan, Portland State University, USA
Rachael Moss, University of Liverpool, UK
George Moyser, University of Vermont, USA
John Muncie, The Open University, UK
John Newton, Northumbria University, UK
Paul Oliver, University of Huddersfield, UK
Geoff Payne, formerly University of Plymouth, UK
Sarah Pink, Loughborough University, UK
Helen Poole, Coventry University, UK
Jonathon Potter, Loughborough University, UK
Paul Pye, University of Teesside, UK
Deborah Reed-Danahay, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Karl-Heinz Renner, University of Bamburg, Germany
Catherine Riessman, Boston University, USA
Lyn Richards, Director, Research Services, QSR, Australia
Margaret Rowe, Northumbria University, UK
Andrew Rutherford, University of Keele, UK
Roger Sapsford, University of Teesside, UK
Mark Saunders, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Thomas A. Schwandt, University of Illinois, USA
John Scott, University of Essex, UK
Christina Silver, University of Surrey, UK
Teresa Smallbone. Oxford Brookes University, UK
Mark Smith, The Open University, UK
Paul Spector, University of South Florida, USA
Robert Stallings, University of Southern California, USA
Thomas Staufenbriel, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
Graham Steventon, Coventry University, UK
Maggie Sumner, University of Westminster, UK
John Swain, Northumbria University, UK
Nick Tilley, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Adelinde Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany
Paul Valentine, University of East London, UK
David de Vaus, La Trobe University, Australia
Margie Wetherell, The Open University, UK
Chris Wharton, Northumbria University, UK
Malcolm Williams, University of Plymouth, UK
