Table of Contents

1. The Uses of Social Research.
2. Theory and Research.
3. Ethics and Social Research.
4. Planning a Research Project.
5. Sampling.
6. Measurement.
7. Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal, and Case Study Designs.
8. Experimental Research.
9. Questionnaires and Structured Interviews.
10. Qualitative Interviewing.
11. Observational Techniques.
12. Using Available Data.
13. Content Analysis.
14. Applied Social Research.
15. Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis.

About the Author

Emily Stier Adler is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Rhode Island College, where she taught for thirty-eight years. She has been a research consultant in a variety of settings and the director of Women's Studies at the college. In addition to THE ELECT: RHODE ISLAND'S WOMEN LEGISLATORS with co-author J. Stanley Lemons, her published work includes numerous articles on marriage, teenage pregnancy, adolescence, and political life. Her current research interest is the transition to retirement. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Tufts University. Roger Clark is Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College, where he has taught for twenty-nine years. To date he has published sixty-six research articles and book chapters. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University.