Download or read book An Invitation to Social Research written by Emily Stier Adler and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2011 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides balanced coverage of quantitative and qualitative methods of social research with a unique "behind the scenes" approach: Chapters are built on focal research pieces and excerpts from real research projects, and they present the insights and perspectives of workers conducting real-world research. The book guides readers through the many stages of social research-from selecting a researchable question and designing a study to selecting the best method of data analysis for a particular study-and prepares them for the ethical issues and problems that they may face along the way.