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The SAGE handbook of social research methods/ edited by Pertti Alasuutari, Leonard Bickman, Julia Brannen

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: SAGE, c2008Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xvi, 631 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781412919920
  • 9781848607309
  • 1412919924
  • 184860730X
Uniform titles:
  • The SAGE handbook of social research methods
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H62.S24 2008
Contents:
CONTENTS 1. Social research in changing social conditions-- Part 1: Directions in social research: 2. The end of the paradigm wars?-- 3. The history of social research methods-- 4. Assessing validity in social research-- 5. Ethnography and audience-- 6. Social research and social practice in post-positivist society-- 7. From questions of methods to epistemological issues: the case of biographical research-- 8. Research ethics in social science-- Part 2: Research designs:. 9. The core analytics of ramdomized experiments for social research-- 10. Better quasi-experimental practice-- 11. Sample size planning with applications to multiple regression: power and accuracy for omnibus and targeted effects-- 12. Re-conceptualizing generalization: old issues in a new frame-- 13. Case study in social research-- 14. Longitudinal and panel studies-- 15. Comparative and cross-national designs-- Part 3: Data collection and fieldwork: 16. Modern measurement in the social sciences-- 17. Natural and contrived data. 18. Self-administered questionnaires and standardized interviews-- 19. Qualitative interviewing and feminist research-- 20. Biographical methods-- 21. Focus groups-- Part 4: Types of analysis and interpretation of evidence: 22. An introduction to the multilevel model for change-- 23. Latent variable models of social research data-- 24. Equating groups-- 25. Discourse analysis and conversation analysis-- 26. Analyzing narratives and story-telling-- 27. Reconstructing grounded theory-- 28. Documents and action-- 29. Video and the analysis of work and interaction-- 30. Secondary analysis of qualitative data-- 31. Secondary analysis of quantitative data sources-- 32. Conducting a meta-analysis-- 33. Synergy and synthesis: integrating qualitative and quantitative data-- 34. The analytic integration of qualitative data sources-- 35. Combining different types of data for quantitative analysis-- 36. Writing and presenting social research.
Summary: his handbook is a must for every social science researcher. It charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodology, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods in one volume
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Includes Bibliographical references and Index

CONTENTS
1. Social research in changing social conditions--
Part 1: Directions in social research:
2. The end of the paradigm wars?--
3. The history of social research methods--
4. Assessing validity in social research--
5. Ethnography and audience--
6. Social research and social practice in post-positivist society--
7. From questions of methods to epistemological issues: the case of biographical research--
8. Research ethics in social science--
Part 2: Research designs:.
9. The core analytics of ramdomized experiments for social research--
10. Better quasi-experimental practice--
11. Sample size planning with applications to multiple regression: power and accuracy for omnibus and targeted effects--
12. Re-conceptualizing generalization: old issues in a new frame--
13. Case study in social research--
14. Longitudinal and panel studies--
15. Comparative and cross-national designs--
Part 3: Data collection and fieldwork:
16. Modern measurement in the social sciences--
17. Natural and contrived data. 18. Self-administered questionnaires and standardized interviews--
19. Qualitative interviewing and feminist research--
20. Biographical methods--
21. Focus groups--
Part 4: Types of analysis and interpretation of evidence:
22. An introduction to the multilevel model for change--
23. Latent variable models of social research data--
24. Equating groups--
25. Discourse analysis and conversation analysis--
26. Analyzing narratives and story-telling--
27. Reconstructing grounded theory--
28. Documents and action--
29. Video and the analysis of work and interaction--
30. Secondary analysis of qualitative data--
31. Secondary analysis of quantitative data sources--
32. Conducting a meta-analysis--
33. Synergy and synthesis: integrating qualitative and quantitative data--
34. The analytic integration of qualitative data sources--
35. Combining different types of data for quantitative analysis--
36. Writing and presenting social research.

his handbook is a must for every social science researcher. It charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodology, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods in one volume

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