Bryman's social research methods

Tom Clark, Liam Foster, Luke Sloan, Alan Bryman

Description

Clear, comprehensive, and trusted, Bryman's Social Research Methods has supported over a quarter of a million students through their research methods course and research project. Spanning theory and practice and covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, this bestselling text offers unrivalled coverage of the whole research process. The authors have worked closely with lecturers and students in thoroughly updating the sixth edition to reflect the current social science landscape, and carefully streamlining content to make it relevant and appealing to today's students. As a result, the text's comprehensive coverage - which includes many new examples and additional material on areas such as social media research and big data - is now even clearer, more focused, and easier to navigate. In addition to many new examples of published research, this edition features the insights of a panel of recent graduates from their experiences of researching a variety of fascinating topics, including attitudes towards the LGBT+ community on social media, the experiences of Pakistani Muslim single mothers, and the impact of screen time on sleep. 'Learn from experience' boxes in every chapter contain their candid reflections on the successes and challenges of their projects, and their advicefor student researchers.

Content

Latest edition,

PART 1: THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- 1: The nature and process of social research -- 2: Social research strategies: quantitative research and qualitative research -- 3: Research designs -- 4: Planning a research project and formulating research questions -- 5: Reviewing the literature -- 6: Ethics and politics in social research -- PART 2: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH -- 7: The nature of quantitative research -- 8: Sampling in quantitative research -- 9: Structured interviewing -- 10: Self-completion questionnaires -- 11: Asking questions -- 12: Structured observation -- 13: Content analysis -- 14: Using existing data -- 15: Quantitative data analysis -- PART 3: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- 16: The nature of qualitative research -- 17: Sampling in qualitative research -- 18: Ethnography and participant observation -- 19: Interviewing in qualitative research -- 20: Focus groups -- 21: Language in qualitative research -- 22: Documents as sources of data -- 23: Qualitative data analysis -- PART 4: MIXED METHODS RESEARCH AND WRITING UP -- 24: Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- 25: Writing up social research ; PART 1: THE RESEARCH PROCESS - 1: The nature and process of social research - 2: Social research strategies: quantitative research and qualitative research - 3: Research designs - 4: Planning a research project and formulating research questions - 5: Reviewing the literature - 6: Ethics and politics in social research - PART 2: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH - 7: The nature of quantitative research - 8: Sampling in quantitative research - 9: Structured interviewing - 10: Self-completion questionnaires - 11: Asking questions - 12: Structured observation - 13: Content analysis - 14: Using existing data - 15: Quantitative data analysis - PART 3: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH - 16: The nature of qualitative research - 17: Sampling in qualitative research - 18: Ethnography and participant observation - 19: Interviewing in qualitative research - 20: Focus groups - 21: Language in qualitative research - 22: Documents as sources of data - 23: Qualitative data analysis - PART 4: MIXED METHODS RESEARCH AND WRITING UP - 24: Combining quantitative and qualitative research - 25: Writing up social research