Postgraduate Module Descriptor


SOCM020: Research Methods in the Social Sciences

This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciences, F Bechhofer, Routledge 2000

Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research, J Creswell & V Plano Clark, Sage 2007

Researching Social Life, Gilbert, N. and Stoneman, P. Sage, 2016

Theory and Methods in Social Research, Somekh, B. and Lewin, C. Blackwell, 2011