Patricia Leavy Research Design All Books sku-625923014

Patricia Leavy's Research Design is a hardcover All Books title listed as sku-625923014. Edition 2 covers quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, arts-based, and community-based participatory research approaches. This revised edition adds a chapter on literature reviews, including the ethics of citational practices, and expands its discussions of theory and literature in quantitative research, replication, preregistration, the critical paradigm in qualitative research, mixed methods, and approaches to different organizations in community-based participatory research.

It includes an introduction to social research, an in-depth discussion of ethics, and a chapter on beginning a study. For each approach, the book gives a research proposal template, explains each section, identifies common terminology, and flags ethical decisions. Interdisciplinary examples address current events and social justice issues.

It also covers data sharing and tailoring proposals to different audiences. Updated examples, references, and recommended readings appear throughout. Study aids include chapter quizzes with answer keys, writing exercises, research activities, suggested resources, a glossary, expert tips, and a companion website with worksheets keyed to the chapters.

Instructors using the book in a course can access author-created PowerPoints and chapter tests with answer keys.