TY - GEN AU - Bruce Oliver Newsome TI - An introduction to research analysis and writing: Practical Skills for Social Science Students SN - 9781483352558 U1 - 300.7 OLI PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage N1 - 1. The Way Ahead Learning Objectives and Outcomes Goals of This Book Preview of the Rest of the Book Chapter Summary 2. Research Process Learning Objectives and Outcomes Opening Vignette What is Research? What are the Objectives and Products of Research? What are the Approaches to Research? Project Life Cycle Chapter Summary Questions and Exercises 3. Research Ethics and Laws Learning Objectives and Outcomes Opening Vignette What are Ethics? Chapter Summary Questions and Exercises N2 - This accessible guide walks readers through the process of completing a social science research project. Written specifically to meet the needs of undergraduate research classes, it introduces students to a complete skill set, including: planning, design, analysis, argumentation, criticizing theories, building theories, modeling theories, choosing methods, gathering data, presenting evidence, and writing the final product. Students can use this text as a practical resource to navigate through each stage of the process, including choices between more advanced research techniques. ER -