Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Punch (economics, commerce, education, and law, U. of Western Australia) introduces the main methodological concerns of social science research and presents foundational material on quantitative and qualitative methodological practice. He describes t he development of research questions and the linking of questions to data. He then presents six chapters dealing with research design, collection of data, and analysis in quantitative and qualitative projects. A final pair of chapters discusses...