Real Research: Conducting and Evaluating Research in the Social Sciences

Real Research: Conducting and Evaluating Research in the Social Sciences Loreen Wolfer ISBN: 0-205-41662-4 Wolfer's Real Research has two main goals to help the reader learn: how to identify the necessary skills for conducting research and how to realistically evaluate the research of others. The author achieves these goals by: Explaining the systematic steps used by social scientists to examine the social world Following the stages of the research process, but emphasizing that research does not always involve an orderly set of steps Presenting a model of "ideal" research, but also explaining how to recognize the limitations (like time and money) that affect the way real research is implemented Including a subscription to Pearson's Research Navigator service with every text, which allows access to full-text articles from leading social science journals Using many examples and exercises on evaluating research, which can be found in the journal articles available online through Pearson's Research Navigator serviceLoreen Wolfer is the author of 'Real Research: Conducting and Evaluating Research in the Social Sciences', published 2006 under ISBN 9780205416622 and ISBN 0205416624.