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050			_aH62.S24 2008
130			_aThe SAGE handbook of social research methods
245			_aThe SAGE handbook of social research methods/ _cedited by Pertti Alasuutari, Leonard Bickman, Julia Brannen
250			_aPaperback edition
260			_aLondon: _bSAGE, _cc2008
300			_axvi, 631 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes Bibliographical references and Index
505			_aCONTENTS 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.
520			_ahis 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
650			_aSocial sciences Research Methodology
650			_aSocial research methodology Handbook
650			_aSocial Sciences methods
650			_aResearch methodology social sciences
650			_aResearch Design
700			_aAlasuutari Pertti _eEditor
700			_aBickman Leonard _eEditor
700			_aBrannen Julia _eEditor
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