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research CATALOGUE 2025|2026 11NEW EDITIONSUITABLE FORStudents and non-professional researchers who are interested in conducting social research (practitioners, community activists, government administrators, policy-makers).Fundamentals of Social Research MethodsAn African Perspective S LEVY SITHOLE, W ROESTENBURG & T SIKHITHASocial research remains a rigorous method developed over many years that has shaped the scientific world to what it is today. African social conditions need innovative solutions generated by indigenous application of age-old scientific traditions shaped into a modern vocabulary. This text offers such a modern, localised social science vocabulary that is easy to understand and has been developed with an understanding of the local social science student researcher in mind. The sixth edition of Fundamentals of Social Research Methods: An African Perspective has been transformed to include a far broader set of research skills , including qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research, as well as simplified sections on both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. These skills can be applied in practical ways in a variety of contexts including agriculture, public health, social welfare, community development and regional planning. The text offers an extremely practical way of understanding social research methods that is based on three symbols that encapsulate the essence of social research: the x-condition, the people in the study and the observation method. Most of the explanations in the text address these elements of social research which best represent the basic underlying fabric of the social research method. This text is suitable for students and non-professional researchers who are interested in conducting social research, be they social work practitioners, community activists, government administrators, policy makers nurses, psychologists or businesspeople.6th EDITION 2025 Ed424 PAGES978 1 99896 355 3 ZAR R499.00978 1 99896 351 5 ZAR R449.00CONTENTSChapter 1: The different methods of acquiring knowledgeChapter 2: The scientific method applied to social realityChapter 3: Research EthicsChapter 4: Problem conception and background informationChapter 5: The types of researchChapter 6: Research questions and variablesChapter 7: Participatory and action researchChapter 8: Research and community developmentChapter 9: Project monitoring and evaluationChapter 10: Research planning and designChapter 11: SamplingChapter 12: Data collection: Basic concepts and techniquesChapter 13: Ensuring the quality of dataChapter 14: Quantitative data analysis and interpretationChapter 15: Qualitative data analysis and interpretationChapter 16: Research findings and disseminationSUPPORT MATERIALe e-BOOK