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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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SMC: Social Sciences Statistics
Bettina Spencer · Saint Mary's College
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Intro to Stats in the Social Sciences (MPC)
Adrianne Kotecki · Monterey Peninsula College
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Statistics for the Social Sciences
Bill Pelz · Herkimer College (SUNY)
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Calculus for Business and Social Sciences Corequisite Workbook
Victoria Dominguez, Cristian Martinez, & Sanaa Saykali · Citrus College
This text serves as a Corequisite Workbook for an Applied Calculus course. It is vitally important for students who take this course (and its corequisite) to have a thorough and complete refresher of Algebra skills needed for Calculus. These problems may be assigned as in-class practice problems, and can be also assigned as homework, to be graded and counted toward the Applied Calculus corequisite final grade.
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Research Methods for the Social Sciences
William Pelz · Herkimer College
This text will introduce you to the fascinating and important study of the methods of inquiry in the Social Sciences. You will learn both the logic behind – and the procedures for – a wide variety of research methods, including correlational and experimental designs. If you are the curious type, and if you like to think rationally, I believe you will enjoy this course.
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A Short Handbook for Writing Essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Allosso & Allosso · LibreTexts
A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new version of the writing manual he wrote and used for decades at the University of California, Davis.
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Research in Color: A hands-on roadmap to literature reviews in the social sciences
Frances Brady · National Louis University
This workbook guides graduate students through the literature review process for a research course, dissertation, thesis, or publication. Through pragmatic and creative activities, students will find and evaluate sources, take effective notes, recognize patterns, and synthesize findings to prepare them for writing their literature reviews.
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A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences
Christine Davies · University of Wales Trinity Saint David · 2020
This resource is intended as an easy-to-use guide for anyone who needs some quick and simple advice on quantitative aspects of research in social sciences, covering subjects such as education, sociology, business, nursing. If you area qualitative researcher who needs to venture into the world of numbers, or a student instructed to undertake a quantitative research project despite a hatred for maths, then this booklet should be a real help. The booklet was amended in 2022 to take into account previous review comments.
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Understanding and Doing Research in Education & the Social Sciences
Phillip Olt; Yaprak Ward; Kevin Splichal; Elliot Isom · Fort Hays State University · 2024
The purpose of this book is the provide an open-access, free textbook for initial learning about research for students in the social sciences and related professional fields (such as education, social work, business, or nursing).
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Research Methods for the Social Sciences: An Introduction
Valerie Sheppard · BCcampus · 2020
This textbook provides a broad overview of research methods utilized in sociology. It will be of particular value for students who are new to research methods.
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PSYC 2200: Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Michelle Oja · LibreTexts · 2021
Welcome to behavioral statistics, a statistics textbook for social science majors!
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Optimal, Integral, Likely Optimization, Integral Calculus, and Probability for Students of Commerce and the Social Sciences
Bruno Belevan; Parham Hamidi; Nisha Malhotra; Elyse Yeager · Bruno Belevan, Parham Hamidi, Nisha Malhotra, and Elyse Yeager · 2020
Optimal, Integral, Likely is a free, open-source textbook intended for UBC’s course MATH 105: Integral Calculus with Applications to Commerce and Social Sciences. It is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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A Short Handbook for writing essays in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Dan Allosso; Salvatore Allosso · Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project · 2019
A retired master teacher of English and Comparative Literature teams up with his son, a History professor, on a new version of the writing manual he wrote and used for decades at the University of California, Davis.
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Conducting Mixed-Methods Research: From Classical Social Sciences to the Age of Big Data and Analytics
Viswanath Venkatesh; Susan (Sue) Brown; Yulia Sullivan · Virginia Tech Libraries · 2023
Scholars in the social sciences are increasingly expected to incorporate both quantitative and qualitative techniques and methods into their research. The growth of “mixed-methods” research is evident in social science disciplines ranging from psychology and management to marketing and information systems. This book is designed to provide principles, strategies, and guidance specifically for researchers in these disciplines so that they can use mixed-methods research more effectively. In thirteen chapters, Conducting Mixed-Methods Research takes readers through the research process, from defining research questions to writing articles using a mixed-methods approach. For those who are well trained in either qualitative or quantitative methods, the book shows them how to think about the purposes of mixed-methods research, design mixed-methods studies, and develop meta-inferences by integrating findings from both methods. Throughout, the discussion is grounded in examples taken from published research, carefully chosen to highlight best practices, thus opening a window into a broad body of mixed-methods research applications.
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Research Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Michelle Oja · Taft College
In the contents: 1.04: Summary of Introduction to Research Methods of the Social Sciences
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Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation
Chauna Ramsey · Columbia Gorge Community College
This is a collection of cumulative units of study for conventional errors common in student writing. It's flexible, functional, and zeroes in problems typically seen in writing of all types, from the eternal "there/they're/their" struggle to correct colon use. Units are organized from most simple to most challenging.
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Speaking of Culture
Nolan Weil · Utah State University
In the contents: 7.05: Social class and culture
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Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined (Robeyns)
Ingrid Robeyns · Utrecht University
Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined is both an introduction to the capability approach and a thorough evaluation of the challenges and disputes that have engrossed the scholars who have developed it.
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ECED21203 Curriculum Development in Early Childhood Education
LueCrecy Ragan & Emily Harris · Arkansas State University-Beebe
In the contents: 3.1.01: Creating and Analyzing an Environment for Social and Emotional Learning · 08: Social and Emotional Development · 8.01: Social and Emotional Development Sections
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Economics
Boundless · Boundless
Economics is the systematic study of how individuals, businesses, and societies make choices in the face of scarcity. This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles, theories, and applications of economics, combining both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives to give students a full understanding of economic behavior and outcomes.