{"id":121,"date":"2013-11-29T13:47:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T13:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evst399.coolsociology.net\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2018-09-11T09:55:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T09:55:52","slug":"reserve-and-web-readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/?page_id=121","title":{"rendered":"Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Required Books:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Our main texts will be available through the University Bookstore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>James Spickard: <\/strong><em><strong>Research Basics: From Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps<\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0 Sage, 2017.\u00a0<em>(ISBN:\u00a0978-14833-87215)<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Sage provides additional resources for this text at <a href=\"https:\/\/study.sagepub.com\/spickard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its online site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryan J. Winter:\u00a0<em>A Crash Course in Statistics.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Sage 2018.\u00a0<em>(ISBN: 978:15443-0704-6)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recommended Texts:\u00a0 <\/strong>Some selections will be on Library Reserve.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>James Spickard:\u00a0<em>Thinking Through Statistics: Exploring Quantitative Sociology.<\/em><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This book gives you a practical introduction to quantitative analysis, focusing on why you would want to do this analysis in the first place.\u00a0 The first five chapters use maps and place-based variables to introduce correlation and regression.\u00a0 The second five chapters show how to analyze survey data using distributions, cross-tabulations, control variables, t-tests, and ANOVAs.\u00a0 It comes with\u00a0free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolsociology.net\/Docs\/Soc%20Insights.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sociological Insights software<\/a>\u00a0that lets you work through the examples.<\/li>\n<li>The text is now out of print.\u00a0 Download the text (PDF)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolsociology.net\/Docs\/Spickard_ThinkingThroughStatisticsOnlineVersion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> and the software (zip file) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolsociology.net\/Docs\/Soc%20Insights.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mildred L. Patten:\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Proposing Empirical Research,<\/strong> 5th edition<\/em><em>.\u00a0<\/em>Routledge, 2014.\u00a0<em>(ISBN:\u00a0978-1936523306)<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The last half of this book contains over 20 examples of completed research proposals.\u00a0 <strong>Read them to get an idea of what your proposal should include.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lyn Richards &amp; Janice Morse:\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Read Me First for a User\u2019s Guide to Qualitative Methods.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em> Sage, 2012.\u00a0 <em>(ISBN:\u00a0978-1412998062)\u00a0<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>This book is excellent for guiding qualitative data analysis.\u00a0 It contains some conceptual flaws but also much wisdom. \u00a0The section on coding is particularly fine. \u00a0We will read that, plus a couple of other chapters, using library reserves.<\/li>\n<li>The 2006 edition is as good as the 2012, though not quite so up-to-date on computer-assisted coding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter\u00a0Nardi:\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Interpreting Data: A Guide to Understanding Research.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Pearson, 2006.\u00a0<em>(ISBN:\u00a0978-0205439195)<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>A very good overview of quantitative data analysis. More detailed than what you&#8217;ll find in either of our course texts.<\/li>\n<li>Out of print, but available used for about $12 on Amazon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> Library Reserve Readings:\u00a0 <\/strong>I shall place several articles and a few books on Library Reserve at the University&#8217;s Armacost Library. \u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/redlands.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?query=any,contains,Spickard&amp;tab=CourseReserves&amp;search_scope=CourseReserves&amp;sortby=rank&amp;vid=01UOR_INST:01UOR&amp;facet=crsid_name,include,EVST%20399%20SOAN%20300%2001%20:%20Research%20Methods%20Design&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click HERE for a direct link to the Armacost Library Reserves for this course<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">HERE IS A PARTIAL LIST:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">L. Davidman:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Motherloss<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">(chapter 1 plus any one chapter 3-7 of your choice)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">C. Eden &amp; C. Huxham: &#8220;Researching Organizations Using Action Research.&#8221; \u00a0Pp. \u00a0388-408 in\u00a0S. Clegg, C. Hardy, &amp; W. Nord, ed., <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Handbook of Organisation Studies<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">.\u00a0\u00a0Sage, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">D. Klooster: &#8220;Environmental Certification of Forests in Mexico: The political ecology of a nongovernmental market intervention.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Annals of the Association of American Geographers<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> 96 (3): 541-565, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">J. Newman: &#8220;Action Research: The Tensions of Teaching.&#8221; \u00a0Pp 1-24 in J. Newman, ed., <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tensions and Teaching: Beyond Tips to Critical Reflection<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">. \u00a0Teacher&#8217;s College Press, 1998.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">L. Richards &amp; J. Morse: <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read Me First for a User\u2019s Guide to Qualitative Methods<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">&#8212; c<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">hapters 6, 9, and 10<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">C. Smith:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0&#8212; \u00a0c<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">hapter 2, and the Methodological Appendix<\/em><\/li>\n<li>J. Spickard:\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thinking Through Statistics: Exploring Quantitative Sociology<\/span>. Toroverde Press, 2005.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">J. Spickard: \u00a0&#8220;Microqualitative Approaches to the Sociology of Religion: Phenomenologies, Interviews, Narratives, and Ethnographies.&#8221; \u00a0Pp. 121-143 in J. Beckford and N.J. Demerath, eds., <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Handbook of the Sociology of Religion<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">.\u00a0 Sage, 2007. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>J. Spickard: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolsociology.net\/Handouts\/Spickard -- Salton Sea Demography (1998).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demography of the Salton Sea Study Area: Population Characteristics 1990-1998 Relevant to Ensuring Environmental Justice<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0<em>(click link to view)<br \/>\n<\/em>This report estimates selected population characteristics for the census tracts in the Salton Sea Study Area for 1998.\u00a0 It had been 8 years since the previous census and the area had undergone significant social change, so we needed to generate new figures.\u00a0 Pages 1-5 describe the project and data sources, pages 6-24 show our results for ethnicity, poverty, neighborhood stability, population age-structure, and education levels.\u00a0 The rest of the report contains our source data.\u00a0 <strong>I\u00a0<\/strong><strong>present this as an example of the kind of research one can do with pre-existing data.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">J. Spickard\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">et al:\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Personal Knowledge and Beyond\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">&#8212; <i>especially:<\/i><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Chapter 1 (by Davidman)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Chapter 3 (by Neitz)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Chapter 5 (by Tweed)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Chapter 8 (by Landres)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Chapter 11 (by Birckhead)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">T. Wengraff:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Qualitative Research Interviewing<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">(chapter on CRQ, IQ, &amp; TQ: either 3 or 4, depending on the edition)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">W.F. Whyte\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">et al<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">: &#8220;Participatory Action Research: Through Practice to Science in Social Research&#8221;. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">American Behavioral Scientist<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> vol 32, no 5: 513-551, 1989.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The exact reading calendar is on this site&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/evst399.coolsociology.net\/?page_id=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule <\/a>page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.sciencewatch.com\/dr\/sci\/09\/apr12-09_1D\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A list of the top journals in Ecology &amp; Environmental Science<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.socialresearchmethods.net\/kb\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Methods Knowledge Base<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0\u2013 a website by\u00a0William M.K. Trochim, Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"https:\/\/gingkoapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ginkgo App<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> &#8212; an online word processor that helps you structure longer projects. \u00a0See <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/write-in-a-new-way-with-gingko\/52975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natalie Houston&#8217;s review<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> at ProfHacker.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Some guides to reviewing existing literature on your topic:<\/span>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\n<li>Spickard\u00a0<em>et al:<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolsociology.net\/Handouts\/JS--Literature%20Search%20Strategies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Literature Search Strategies<\/a>\u00a0(CC).\u00a0\u00a0<em>95kb PDF file<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Higgins:<a href=\"http:\/\/lgdata.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/docs\/939\/503261\/PopVsScholarResources.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Scholarly vs Popular Resources Guide<\/a>\u00a0<em>(web)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Crossman:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sociology.about.com\/od\/AcademicResources\/a\/How-To-Start-Literature-Review.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Get Started on a Sociology Literature Review<\/a>\u00a0<i>(web)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>University of Canberra: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canberra.edu.au\/studyskills\/writing\/literature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writing a Literature Review<\/a>\u00a0<em>(web)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Spickard: <a href=\"Spickard -- Using QDA for our Literature Review (CC License)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using QDA for your Literature Review <\/a>(CC).\u00a0<em>57kb PDF file<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mike Caulfield: <a href=\"https:\/\/webliteracy.pressbooks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWeb Literacy for Students\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 an online (open-access) book about fact-checking the Internet.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Highly recommended.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Spickard: <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coolsociology.net\/Handouts\/Spickard -- What is a Concept Paper (CC License).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is a Concept Paper? <\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">(CC)\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">17kb PDF file<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Andrew Hacker: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nybooks.com\/articles\/archives\/2013\/jan\/10\/how-he-got-it-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review of Nate Silver&#8217;s book on data analysis<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Silver is the former New York Times writer who predicted every state&#8217;s margin correctly in the 2012 Presidential election and predicted Trump&#8217;s victory in 2016.\u00a0 He knows more about election surveys than anyone else living.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/podcast\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to the journal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nature&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a0podcasts page<\/a>, where you can find a podcast of Adam Rutherford&#8217;s interview with Ben Goldberg about his book\u00a0on pharmaceutical research. \u00a0Very useful for understanding scientific research design and some of the problems that may arise.<\/li>\n<li>Norton Publishing&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL07953C9EB2549E71&amp;feature=plcp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Methods in Context<\/a>&#8221; video series: a\u00a0set of talking-head interviews with researchers who describe their research projects.\u00a0 Short but useful.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9yRgBS2JmXU&amp;list=SP0C3243FC24FC639C&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Gibbs: &#8220;The Research Interview&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0\u00a06 You-Tube videos, which together form a long lecture on the whats, whys, and hows of research interviewing.\u00a0 Boring but complete.\u00a0 Worth a look\/skim.<\/li>\n<li>Every Monday through Friday, Kevin Lewis posts abstracts from scholarly research at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalaffairs.com\/blog\/findings-a-daily-roundup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Affairs Blog<\/a>.\u00a0 He presents a different topic each day, with 20-25 (usually) insightful articles. \u00a0<em>This is a great source for locating solid research designs!!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Required Books:\u00a0\u00a0 Our main texts will be available through the University Bookstore: James Spickard: Research Basics: From Design to Data Analysis in Six Steps.\u00a0 Sage, 2017.\u00a0(ISBN:\u00a0978-14833-87215) Sage provides additional resources for this text at its online site. 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Winter:\u00a0A Crash Course in Statistics.\u00a0 Sage 2018.\u00a0(ISBN: 978:15443-0704-6) Recommended Texts:\u00a0 Some selections will be on Library [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403,"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evst399.mcguire-spickard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}