TY - BOOK AU - Schutt,Russell K. TI - Investigating the social world: the process and practice of research SN - 9781483350677 U1 - 302.072 PY - 2015/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage KW - KW - Social problems KW - Research KW - Social sciences N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-651) and index; Science, society, and social research -- The process and problems of social research -- Research ethics and research proposals -- Conceptualization and measurement -- Sampling -- Research design and causation -- Experiments -- Survey research -- Quantitative data analysis -- Qualitative methods -- Qualitative data analysis -- Evaluation and policy research -- Historical and comparative research and content analysis -- Secondary data analysis and big data -- Mixed methods -- Summarizing and reporting research ER -