Exploring Social Issues
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ISBN-13:
9781412964210
Veröffentl:
2009
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
10.02.2009
Seiten:
376
Autor:
Joseph F Healey
Gewicht:
944 g
Format:
280x216x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This workbook is a "hands-on" introduction to the craft of social research. Students are involved in the process of social research throughout, taking an active role and testing their own ideas about topics such as divorce, abortion, crime, inequality, prejudice, and television violence, among other current issues.
1. Getting Started: Social Research, Data Sets, and Frequency Distributions2. Theory and Research: The Scientific Method3. Describing the Sample, Types of Variables, and Data Sets4. Culture: What Do Americans Value?5. A Controversy in Values: Attitudes About Abortion6. Socialization: What Kinds of Children Do Americans Want?7. Crime: Fear, Law Enforcement, and Punishment8. Inequality and Social Class in the United States9. Inequality and Gender10. Inequality and Race11. The Family Institution: Forms and Functions12. The Political Institution in the United States: Support for Civil Liberties, Presidential Choice, and the Gender GapAppendix A: Variable Names, Item Wordings, and Codes for All Data SetsAppendix B: SPSS Commands Used in This BookAnswers to Selected ExercisesGlossary of Key Concepts
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