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Investigating the Social World with SPSS Student Version 14.0: The Process and Practice of Research
A bug in the SPSS Student Version 16.0 was recently discovered and a hotfix is now available. This fix will enable chart creation using the Chart Builder or Interactive Graphs procedures in the SPSS Student Version 16.0. to download the hotfix.
For installation instructions – now including a section on how the Student Version differs from the SPSS Base product, .
Congratulations to esteemed author Russell Schutt, 2007 recipient of University of Massachusetts, Boston′s Chancellor′s Award for Distinguished Service!
This text comes with SPSS Student Version 14.0. To get the version without SPSS Student Version 14.0, please order 978-14129-2734-5.
The most successful social research text to have been published in a generation has been updated and revised in this new Fifth Edition ! This innovative, up-to-date, and popular text makes research come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter, with hands-on exercises to help students learn by doing. Author Russell K. Schutt helps readers connect technique and substance, understand research methods as an integrated whole, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions. Congratulations to esteemed author Russell Schutt, 2007 recipient of University of Massachusetts, Boston′s Chancellor′s Award for Distinguished Service!The most successful social research text to have been published in a generation has been updated and revised in this new ! This innovative, up-to-date, and popular text makes research come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter, with hands-on exercises to help students learn by doing.Author Russell K. Schutt helps readers connect technique and substance, understand research methods as an integrated whole, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions. Congratulations to esteemed author Russell Schutt, 2007 recipient of University of Massachusetts, Boston′s Chancellor′s Award for Distinguished Service!The most successful social research text to have been published in a generation has been updated and revised in this new ! This innovative, up-to-date, and popular text makes research come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter, with hands-on exercises to help students learn by doing.Author Russell K. Schutt helps readers connect technique and substance, understand research methods as an integrated whole, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions. New to the Fifth
Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries! Click on ′Sample Materials and Chapters′ at left to access the GSS Mini Data Files . You need access to the Student SPSS program to use these data sets. These GSS Mini Data Files replaces the data set currently found on the Student Resource CD.
For installation instructions – now including a section on how the Student Version differs from the SPSS Base product, .
Congratulations to esteemed author Russell Schutt, 2007 recipient of University of Massachusetts, Boston′s Chancellor′s Award for Distinguished Service!
This text comes with SPSS Student Version 14.0. To get the version without SPSS Student Version 14.0, please order 978-14129-2734-5.
The most successful social research text to have been published in a generation has been updated and revised in this new Fifth Edition ! This innovative, up-to-date, and popular text makes research come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter, with hands-on exercises to help students learn by doing. Author Russell K. Schutt helps readers connect technique and substance, understand research methods as an integrated whole, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions. Congratulations to esteemed author Russell Schutt, 2007 recipient of University of Massachusetts, Boston′s Chancellor′s Award for Distinguished Service!The most successful social research text to have been published in a generation has been updated and revised in this new ! This innovative, up-to-date, and popular text makes research come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter, with hands-on exercises to help students learn by doing.Author Russell K. Schutt helps readers connect technique and substance, understand research methods as an integrated whole, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions. Congratulations to esteemed author Russell Schutt, 2007 recipient of University of Massachusetts, Boston′s Chancellor′s Award for Distinguished Service!The most successful social research text to have been published in a generation has been updated and revised in this new ! This innovative, up-to-date, and popular text makes research come alive through research stories that illustrate the methods presented in each chapter, with hands-on exercises to help students learn by doing.Author Russell K. Schutt helps readers connect technique and substance, understand research methods as an integrated whole, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions. New to the Fifth
Accompanied by High-Quality Ancillaries! Click on ′Sample Materials and Chapters′ at left to access the GSS Mini Data Files . You need access to the Student SPSS program to use these data sets. These GSS Mini Data Files replaces the data set currently found on the Student Resource CD.
680 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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December 6, 2023
Zzzzzzz. Had to read it for school.
November 25, 2018
A good book for starters.
December 2, 2018
This book is decent, but not great.
May 11, 2019
Not bad for a methods textbook!
May 29, 2013
Read this for a class. Some of the material is admittedly interesting, but there's just too much fluff. Definitely can do without 40% of the pages. I think in the beginning of the book it tells you about searching through journals online and stuff -- that just is not necessary, not to mention that most readers are likely going to be more tech-savvy than the author himself.
Some people in the class complained that some things were too rigorous in the book or something, but I disagree. They say it's "obvious" or something, and shouldn't have to be tested -- well then why are you still getting a shit grade then? Anyway, every science has to be pedantic and rigorous for it to be taken seriously. If you came into sociology thinking it'd be a walk in the park compared to a harder science like physics, think again -- each domain has its own specific challenges that are, in fact, genuinely challenging. I might even say that the book doesn't reach that level, though it does have a lot of fluff.
That said, it's not dense. It's very readable even by textbook standards. I'd give it 2.5 for that, which would make me round to 3, but the statistician in me (relevant to sociology!) tells me I should round to even. So, 2/5.
It also has a lot of example research, so there's that.
Some people in the class complained that some things were too rigorous in the book or something, but I disagree. They say it's "obvious" or something, and shouldn't have to be tested -- well then why are you still getting a shit grade then? Anyway, every science has to be pedantic and rigorous for it to be taken seriously. If you came into sociology thinking it'd be a walk in the park compared to a harder science like physics, think again -- each domain has its own specific challenges that are, in fact, genuinely challenging. I might even say that the book doesn't reach that level, though it does have a lot of fluff.
That said, it's not dense. It's very readable even by textbook standards. I'd give it 2.5 for that, which would make me round to 3, but the statistician in me (relevant to sociology!) tells me I should round to even. So, 2/5.
It also has a lot of example research, so there's that.
December 4, 2014
The first few chapters of this book were pretty promising and did a good job at engaging me, but by the end he's telling you how to use WinZip. Seriously dude? There's more filler material like that towards the end, information that's basically completely worthless. I would give the first couple to first several chapters 4 stars, and then the later ones like 1 or 0. I read the book cover to cover (well, except for the table of contents and the index) and it seemed to get progressively worse. He just tries to cover so much information. Sometimes he goes into way too much detail and sometimes there is not even close to enough specific information to be useful for actually learning about the concepts or how research is really conducted. Adding to my ire is the fact that the most I'll be able to sell it back for is like $5.
December 5, 2008
This book is as good as any for an introduction to sociological methods at the graduate level. The text is not too simple, and the concepts are well-presented. Overall a good entry into the methodologies of the field.
September 2, 2013
Good introduction to research methods.
December 12, 2015
I thought it was a bit unnecessarily redundant. Required reading for Research Methods.
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