Research Methods in Social Relations - 8th Edition by Geoffrey Maruyama & Carey S Ryan (Hardcover)

The 8th Edition of Research Methods in Social Relations is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to current research methods in the social and behavioral sciences.

With significant updates and revisions, this edition covers a wide range of traditional and topical research methods, including propensity score matching, mixed methods designs, and confirmatory factor analysis.

The book also features new chapters that engage readers in critical thinking about building sustainable partnerships in field and community settings. The authors, Geoffrey Maruyama and Carey S.

Ryan, are renowned experts in the field and have produced an outstanding textbook that is both accessible to beginners and useful for advanced scholars.

The book includes bibliographical references (pages 513-533) and index, as well as a companion website with resources for instructors, including test banks, power point lecture slides, discussion questions, and exercises. This new edition is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2001's seventh edition and is unparalleled in its ability to make sophisticated concepts and rigorous scientific methods accessible and easy to understand.

With a greater emphasis on methodology and approaches used to develop partnership research, the types of research done in communities, and consideration of cultural issues in research, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in conducting high-quality research in the social and behavioral sciences.