Introduction to Research, Analysis, and Writing: Practical Skills for Social Science Students

Newsome walks undergraduate students of the social sciences through the entire process of a research project, from identifying a topic to writing a report or dissertation. Coverage includes the research process; research ethics and laws; scoping, justifying, designing, and planning; reading and reviewing; analysis; arguing and explaining; theorizing and modeling; methods; evidence and data; and writing. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
An Introduction to Research, Analysis, and Writing by Bruce Oliver Newsome is an accessible guide that walks readers through the process of completing a social science 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.
This is an introduction to the practical and applied skills required to complete a senior capstone thesis project in the social sciences, including research, analysis and writing.