{"product_id":"thinking-through-methods-john-levi-martin-9780226431727","title":"Thinking Through Methods: A Social Science Primer","description":"Sociological research is hard enough already--you don't need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you're doing or where you're heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. \u003ci\u003eThinking Through Methods\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the practical decisions that you will need to make as a researcher--\u003ci\u003ewhere\u003c\/i\u003e the data you are working with comes from and \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e that data relates to all the possible data you could have gathered. \u003cbr\u003e This is a user's guide to sociological research, designed to be used at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Rather than offer mechanical rules and applications, Martin chooses instead to team up with the reader to think through and with methods. He acknowledges that we are human beings--and thus prone to the same cognitive limitations and distortions found in subjects--and proposes ways to compensate for these limitations. Martin also forcefully argues for principled symmetry, contending that bad ethics makes for bad research, and vice versa. \u003ci\u003eThinking Through Methods\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark work--one that students will turn to again and again throughout the course of their sociological research.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Levi Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022643172X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226431727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"John Levi Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790033842431,"sku":"9780226431727","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5883c415-b3d4-4270-ba24-876519248b5b.jpg?v=1707287764","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thinking-through-methods-john-levi-martin-9780226431727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}