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Social Science (ECC): Research practice in the social sciences (SCS205)

Text to purchase

Students are advised to purchase one of the following texts:

Doing Your Research Project by Judith Bell
ISBN: 9780335243389

Publication Date: 2018
Developing Effective Research Proposals by Keith F. Punch
ISBN: 9781473916388

Essential Reading

Research design: qualitative, quantitative and mixed method approach by John Creswell
ISBN: 9781506386768
Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences by Helen Kara; Kenneth J. Gergen (Foreword by); Mary M. Gergen (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781447316275

Publication Date: 2015-05-01
Research Methods by Bob Matthews; Liz Ross
ISBN: 9781405858502

Module Journals

You can use the A-Z eJournals search to check for the following publications:

Research and Politics, accessed via Sage Journals Online
International Journal of Psychology Research, accessed via Proquest Online
International Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, accessed via European – American Journals Online
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, accessed via Sage Premiere Online
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, accessed via Sage Premiere Online
Sociological methods and Research, accessed via Sage Premiere Online
Journal of Cultural Research, accessed via Taylor and Francis Online

Further Reading

Designing Social Research by Jan Priest; Norman Blaikie
ISBN: 9781509517411

Publication Date: 2019-02-19
Qualitative Researching with Text, Image and Sound by Martin W. Bauer (Editor); George D. Gaskell (Editor)
ISBN: 9780761964810
Research Methods in Psychology by Jonathan A. Smith (Editor); Glynis Breakwell (Editor); Daniel B. Wright (Editor)
ISBN: 9780857022646
Going to the Sources by Anthony Brundage
ISBN: 9781119262749
Social Research Methods by Alan Bryman
ISBN: 9780199689453
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology by Hugh Coolican
ISBN: 9781138708969

Publication Date: 2018-12-03
A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research by John W. Creswell
ISBN: 9781483359045

Publication Date: 2014-04-22
Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics by Andy Field
ISBN: 9781526445766
Research Methods for History by Simon Gunn (Editor); Lucy Faire (Editor)
ISBN: 9781474408769
Political Research by Sandra Halperin; Oliver Heath
ISBN: 9780198820628

Publication Date: 2020-05-08
Ethnography by Martyn Hammersley; Paul Atkinson
ISBN: 9781138504462

Publication Date: 2019-04-19
Research Methods in Psychology by Dennis Howitt; Duncan Cramer
ISBN: 9781292276700

Publication Date: 2020-03-01
Doing a Successful Research Project by Martin Brett Davies; Nathan Hughes
ISBN: 9781137306425

Publication Date: 2014-03-11
Introduction to Research Methods and Data Analysis in Psychology by Darren Langdridge (Contribution by); Gareth Hagger-Johnson (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9780273756873

Publication Date: 2013-10-09
Ethnography and Virtual Worlds by George E. Marcus; Tom Boellstorff; Bonnie Nardi; Celia Pearce; T. L. Taylor
ISBN: 9780691149516
Social Research by Tim May
ISBN: 9780335235674
SPSS Survival Manual by Julie Pallant
ISBN: 9780335261543

Publication Date: 2010
Research Methods for Cultural Studies by Michael Pickering (Editor)
ISBN: 9780748625789
Research Methods in Politics by Roger Pierce
ISBN: 9781412935517

Publication Date: 2008-04-28
Using Documents in Social Research by Lindsay Prior
ISBN: 9780761957478
Doing Feminist Research in Political and Social Science by Brooke Ackerly; Jacqui True
ISBN: 9780230507777
How to Do Your Research Project by Gary Thomas
ISBN: 9781473948877
Your Research Project by Nicholas Walliman
ISBN: 9781849204620
Research Methods for the Social Sciences by Jerry Wellington; Marcin Szczerbinski
ISBN: 9780826485670

Publication Date: 2007-12-18