Research Methods in Social Relations
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"Maruyama and Ryan have produced an outstanding textbookvery useful to the advanced scholar and yet accessible to thenovice. The volume is sophisticated in its epistemology but easilyread and understood. An excellent source for anyone who wants toknow how to do research in the social sciences." ProfessorFaye Crosby, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University ofCalifornia, Santa Cruz "This impressive and comprehensive volume is unparalleledin its ability to make sophisticated concepts and rigorousscientific methods accessible and easy to understand." Dr.Linda R Tropp, Director, Psychology of Peace and Violence Program,University of MassachusettsMore details
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Preface to the Eighth Edition xv
Acknowledgments xix
About the Companion Website xx
Part I Underpinnings of Social Relations Research 1
Chapter 1 Ways of Thinking and Knowing 3
Chapter 2 Doing Social Science Research 29
Chapter 3 Ethical Principles 53
Chapter 4 Roles and Relations among Researchers, Practitioners, and Participants in Engaged Research 81
Chapter 5 Research in Laboratory Settings 107
Chapter 6 Research in Field and Community-Based Settings 139
Part II Research Approaches in Social Relations Research 161
Chapter 7 Measurement and Reliability 163
Chapter 8 Evaluating the Construct Validity of Measures 201
Chapter 9 Sampling Methods 229
Chapter 10 Randomized Experiments 257
Chapter 11 Quasi-Experimental and Other Nonrandomized Designs 291
Chapter 12 Non-Experimental Research 323
Chapter 13 Qualitative Research 365
Chapter 14 Survey Research 391
Chapter 15 Evaluation Research 413
Chapter 16 Mixed Methods Approaches: Learning from Complementary Methods 437
Part III Analysis and Writing 453
Chapter 17 Critically Reviewing Research Reports and Literatures 455
Chapter 18 Writing the Research Report 485
References 513
Index 535
