Social Sciences Methodology

Social Theory and Political Practice: 1 (Controversies in sociology)

By Fay, Brian

The Rules of Sociological Method: And selected texts on sociology and its method

By Durkheim, Émile, Lukes, Steven

Project Evaluation: Problems of Methodology

By Boruch, Robert F.

Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide through Qualitative Analysis

By Kathy Charmaz

The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process

By Michael J Crotty

Ethical Decision Making in Social Research: A Practical Guide

By R. Iphofen

Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

By Jacob Cohen

Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings

By John E. Hunter, Frank L. Schmidt

Meta-analysis: New Developments and Applications in Medical and Social Sciences

By Ralf Schulze, Heinz Holling, D. Bohning

Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches

By John W. Creswell

A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Third Edition

By Alan C. Acock (Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA)

Bootstrapping: A Nonparametric Approach to Statistical Inference

By Christopher Z. Mooney, Robert D. Duval

Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates

By Robert Adams, Lena Dominelli, Malcolm Payne

The Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction

By Martin Hollis

Managing Risk in Construction Projects

By N.J. Smith, Tony Merna

Operational Research and the Social Sciences

By S.A. Cropper, Michael C. Jackson, Paul Keys

Mass Communication Research Methods

By Simon Cottle, Anders Hansen, RALPH NEGRINE, Chris Newbold

Doing Criminological Research

By Pamela Davies, Peter Francis, Victor Jupp

Social Construction: Entering the Dialogue

By Kenneth J. Gergen (Aston Business School, Aston University), Mary Gergen

Collins A Level Sociology – Sociology AS for AQA

By Moore, Stephen, Aiken, Dave, Chapman, Steve

Comparative Social Policy: Concepts, Theories and Methods

By Jochen Clasen (Stirling University)

Doing a Systematic Review: A Student's Guide

By Angela Boland, M. Gemma Cherry, Rumona Dickson

Intelligent Research Design: A Guide for Beginning Researchers in the Social Sciences

By Bob Hancke (, Reader in European Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science)

Schooling, Childhood, and Bureaucracy: Bureaucratizing the Child

By T. Waters

Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry: Decoding Facts and Variables

By R. Biernacki

Innovations in Youth Research

By S. Heath, C. Walker

Reinventing Evidence in Social Inquiry: Decoding Facts and Variables

By R. Biernacki

Ways of Knowing: Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research

By Jonathon Moses, Torbjorn Knutsen

Qualitative Research for Physical Culture

By P. Markula, M. Silk

Research Design in Political Science: How to Practice what they Preach

By T. Gschwend, F. Schimmelfennig