Offering accessible examples showcasing how sociologists conduct researchComprising 22 reading from both academic journals and books, this text presents the best examples of research methodology in contemporary and classic sociology. The editors organized the readings according to the logic of a research project. Beginning with the research question, to design, data collection and analysis, to application in the world. Each section contains an introduction, serving as a mini-textbook that guides students through the steps of their own research. Discussion questions after each section further compel students to think about the lessons they have learned.Key FeaturesReal research selections show research in action that underscores the relevance for studentsCompletely intact articles emphasize how the research is part of the whole sociological enterpriseBy focusing on sociology, the works strengthen the role of the methods course in the majorThis book is intended as either a core book or a secondary text, primarily for use in research methods courses in sociology.The accompanying student study site sagepub.com/lunestudy includes:Additional in-depth discussion questions per chapterA section of additional questions for further reviewAdditional Web links as helpful resourcesJournal articles related to the readings in the bookAn "In the News" section that has a "real world" link to topics in the book

SECTION I. WHERE TO BEGIN Comparative Perspectives and Competing Explanations: Taking on the Newly Configured Reductionist Challenge to Sociology (2006) - Troy Duster Great Divides: The Cultural, Cognitive, and Social Bases of the Global Subordination of Women (2007) - Cynthia Fuchs Epstein The Positive Functions of Poverty (1975) - Herbert J. Gans Theodicy and Life Satisfaction Among Black and White Americans (2000) - Marc A. MusickSECTION II. RESEARCH DESIGN Conceptualizing Urban Poverty (1995) - Ellen Wratten Conceptualizing Work-Family Balance: Implications for Practice and Research (2007) - Joseph G. Grzywacz and Dawn S. Carlson The Violence of Adolescent Life: Experiencing and Managing Everyday Threats (2004) - Katherine IrwinSECTION III. ETHICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH Code of Ethics Policies and Procedures of the ASA Committee on Professional Ethics (1997) - American Sociological Association Policies and Procedures (1997) - Committee on Professional Ethics, American Sociological Association Project Camelot and the 1960s Epistemological Revolution: Rethinking the Politics-Patronage-Social Science Nexus (2001) - Mark SoloveySECTION IV. QUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION Mapping Global Values (2006) - Ronald Inglehart Measuring Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): You May Only Get What You Ask For (2005) - Eve Waltermaurer Ethnicity, Gender, and Perceptions of Task Competence (1990) - Martha Foschi and Shari BuchanSECTION V. QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION Religion and Immigration in Comparative Perspective: Catholic and Evangelical Salvadorans in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Phoenix (2004) - Cecilia Menjivar A Focus Group Study of the Motivation to Invest: "Ethical/Green" and "Ordinary" Investors Compared (2001) - Alan Lewis The Pub and the People [Excerpt] (1942) - Mass Observation "Afterword" From Sidewalk by Mitch Duneier (2000) - Hakim HasanSECTION VI. QUANTITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS Gender Bias in the 1996 Olympic Games: A Comparative Analysis (2003) - Catriona T. Higgs, Karen H. Weiller, and Scott B. Martin Residential Segregation on the Island: The Role of Race and Class in Puerto Rican Neighborhoods (2007) - Nancy A. Denton and Jacqueline VillarrubiaSECTION VII. QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS Weathering the Storm: Nonprofit Organization Survival Strategies in a Hostile Climate (2002) - Howard Lune Social Context and Musical Content of Rap Music, 1979-1995 (2006) - Jennifer C. Lena The Changing Culture of Fatherhood in Comic-Strip Families: A Six-Decade Analysis (2000) - Raph LaRossa, Charles Jaret, Malati Gadgil, and G. Robert WynnSECTION VIII. MIXED METHODS Theorizing Disaster: Analogy, Historical Ethnography, and the Challenger Accident (2004) - Diane Vaughan Men and Women¿s Experiences with Hazing in a Male-Dominated Elite Military Institution (2006) - Jana L. Pershing The World-System After the Cold War (1993) - Immanuel WallersteinSECTION IX. LAST WORDGLOSSARY