Book Review – Research Methods in the Social Sciences, by Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, David Nachimas and Jack De Waard (8th Edition)
- Resource Type
- Authors
- JoyAnn Andrews
- Source
- Journal of Population Ageing. 12:195-198
- Subject
- Research design
Data collection
Sociology and Political Science
Geriatrics gerontology
Geography, Planning and Development
Computer software
Sampling (statistics)
Sociology
Social science
Social science research
Demography
Social research
- Language
- ISSN
- 1874-7876
1874-7884
Chava Frankfort-Nachmias et al.’s eighth edition of the commended, ‘Research Methods in the Social Sciences’ aims to offer researchers a thorough and logical guide to undertaking social research. This edition includes new studies in respect to conducting research in a digital age, computer software packages and more up-todate examples on conducting social science research. The text is comprehensive and student-friendly, covering seven main areas of social science research: the scientific approach; the relationship between theory and research; ethics; research design; measurement and quantification; sampling; data collection; and data processing and analysis.