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  • BEGINNING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
    MALCOLM WILLIAMS / RICHARD WIGGINS / PAUL R. VOGT
    This concise text provides a clear and digestible introduction to completing quantitative research. Taking you step-by-step through the process of completing your quantitative research project, it offers guidance on: ·       Formulating your research question ·       Completing literature reviews and meta-analysis ·       Formulating a research design and specifying your target...

    $659.91

  • REALISM AND COMPLEXITY IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
    MALCOLM WILLIAMS
    Realism and Complexity in Social Science is an argument for a new approach to investigating the social world, that of complex realism. Complex realism brings together a number of strands of thought, in scientific realism, complexity science, probability theory and social research methodology. It proposes that the reality of the social world is that it is probabilistic, yet ther...

    $1,039.00

  • KEY CONCEPTS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
    MALCOLM WILLIAMS
    "This is a splendid book, providing a readable and reliable guide to a very large range of topics and literature... the author brings together, as few of us can, the details of research methodology and practice with broader philosophical perspectives and approaches." - William Outhwaite, Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University  "We need researchers who are philosophically info...

    $676.83

  • OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
    GAYLE LETHERBY / JOHN SCOTT / MALCOLM WILLIAMS
    Objectivity and subjectivity are key concepts in social research. This book, written by leading authors in the field, takes a completely new approach to objectivity and subjectivity, no longer treating them as opposed - as many existing texts do - but as logically and methodologically related in social research. The book debates: - the philosophical bases of objectivity and rel...

    $1,066.00

  • SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
    MALCOLM WILLIAMS
    Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence. He looks at: * The historical development of natural science and its di...

    $1,659.00

  • MAKING SENSE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
    MALCOLM WILLIAMS
    What are the essentials for undergraduates and postgraduates engaged in quantitative and qualitative research? How can the gap between formulating a research question and carrying out research be bridged? This accessible, well-judged text provides students with a matchless introduction to generic research skills. It is uncluttered, direct and unpatronizing. Key features of the ...

    $1,099.84

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
    TIM MAY / MALCOLM WILLIAMS
    This is an accessible introduction to the philosophy of social research which relates philosophical ideas to actual research practice. The book makes effective use of illustrations from the UK, US and Europe to examine specific problems and broader issues. The book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in social research methods within sociology, social policy...

    $1,839.00