Revised edition of the author's Investigating the social world, [2015]

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Foundations for social research -- Science, society, and social research -- The process and problems of social research -- Research ethics and research proposals -- Fundamentals of social research -- Conceptualization and measurement -- Sampling and generalizability -- Research design and causation -- Basic social research designs -- Experiments -- Survey research -- Quantitative data analysis -- Qualitative methods -- Qualitative data analysis -- Complex social research designs -- Mixed methods -- Evaluation and policy research -- Research using secondary and "big" data -- Research using historical and comparative data and content analysis -- Summarizing and reporting research -- Appendix a: questions to ask about a research article -- Appendix b: how to read a research article -- Appendix c: table of random numbers -- Appendix d: how to use a statistical package -- Appendix e: annotated list of websites -- Appendix f: summaries of frequently cited research articles -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.