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This open textbook is being utilized in a sociology course for undergraduate or graduate students by Aseem Hasnain at Fresno State University. The open textbook provides conceptual training in research methods. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was reducing book costs to zero. Most students access the open textbook in PDF form.

The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational Resources (OER) to facilitate equitable access to their students’ course materials. This Faculty Showcase represent Open Educational Practices where faculty are sharing their "know-how" for adopting OER in their courses.