Main description:

--This text shows students how to organize their work and write gracefully.
--Vivid examples show students effective re-writes of example passages.
--Classroom and student homework assignments are provided on the book's web site.
--Provides examples from both qualitative and quantitative research.
--At 150 pages the book is an effective core text for any social science writing course, but brief enough to be assigned in large required courses like social science research methods in sociology and in fields like education, criminology, allied medical health, and other fields where effective research presentation is an important career skill.

Contents:

AcknowledgmentsPrologue

1 Writing Clearly

2 Writing with Emphasis

3 Writing Concisely, with Some Spice

4 The Art of Fine Paragraphs

5 Framing the Introduction

6 Reporting Results

7 Discussing Your Findings

Epilogue: The end of the book, but the beginning of your writing journey
Glossary
Bibliography
Index