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From: "Elizabeth A. Larsen" <elarsen@erols.com>
Subject: Re: rip-roarin' methods texts, exercises
Tony,

Other good books for Research Methods might include:

"Profiles of Social Research:  The Scientific Study of Human Interactions" by
Morton Hunt

"Case Study Research:  Design and Methods" by Robert Yin

Both books emphasize qualitative methods.  I hope this helps!

Elizabeth Larsen





At 08:38 PM 7/12/97 PDT, you wrote:
>Hi folks -- I'm scheduled to teach an course entitled "Social Research
>Methods" come Fall, and must choose texts soon. This is a course designed
>for undergrads, with emphasis on qualitative methods (though not
>exclusively). The able instructor who taught it before me used Babbie's
>__Practice of Social Research__, and Lofland and Lofland's __Analyzing
>Social Settings__ . Has anyone had experience with either of these texts?
>Can anyone suggest other titles that have worked for them? Any good
>exercises or assignments?  I'm obviously teaching this for the first time,
>and would much appreciate any nuggets of wisdom or experience you have to
>offer. Thanks -- Tony
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