Scott R. Harris

How to Critique Journal Articles in the Social Sciences

Buch

Research should be interesting, not intimidating! Have you ever wondered how to determine the quality of the research reported in journal articles?This brief, introductory guide walks you, step by step, through the basics of reading and understanding a research article. The author demonstrates the many strengths of social research, including its advantages over ordinary ways of knowing things, and, at the same time, points out that research is inevitably flawed. Rather than naively assuming that good research simply produces The Truth or cynically asserting that research is hopelessly biased and futile, this book helps you develop a critical… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4522-4134-0
EAN: 9781452241340
Produktnummer: 15250326
Verlag: Sage Pubn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 136 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.3 cm x D1.0 cm 197 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 197

Über den Autor

Scott R. Harris (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is Professor of Sociology at Saint Louis University, where he teaches courses on Emotions, Family, Research Methods, Social Psychology, and Contemporary Theory. He is the author of two books on conceptualization and measurement: What Is Constructionism? (which received the Cooley Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction) and The Meanings of Marital Equality. He also co-edited Making Sense of Social Problems (with Joel Best) and co-authored Stargazing: Celebrity, Fame, and Social Interaction (with Kerry Ferris). He has reviewed articles for numerous journals and edited a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sociology Compass.