Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research

The Ninth Edition of "Social Research Methods" by Russell K.

Schutt is a comprehensive and cutting-edge guide to the field, offering the latest advances in research methods and current examples on pressing social issues.

With over 90 new research articles and books incorporated into the text, this edition provides students with the most up-to-date information on topics such as guidelines for writing research questions, distinguishing conceptual frameworks, techniques of video ethnography, abductive analysis, and systematic literature reviews.

Additionally, the book covers new human subjects rules, concerns about replicability and publication bias, and the rise of predatory journals.

The rapidly increasing role of the Internet in both social relations and social research is also reflected in new sections on systematic literature reviews, advances in online survey methods, geodata, digital ethnography, web experiments, online qualitative research, and new sources of big data.

This edition continues to make the field come alive with current, compelling examples of high-quality research and the latest innovations in research methodology, providing students with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the logic and techniques of social science research.