Researching society and culture 4th ed.

Author

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi: SAGE , 2018

Language

English

ISBN

9781473947160

Series

Subject(s)

• SOCIAL SCIENCES-METHODOLOGY
• SOCIAL SCIENCES-RESEARCH
• SOCIOLOGY-METHODOLOGY

Notes

. Bibliography: p.617-636. Index: p.637-648

Abstract

Written by internationally renowned experts, each chapter provides a full introduction to a key aspect of research methodology. From starting out to generating, analysing, and presenting data, this new edition covers foundational concepts in social research while also keeping students on the pulse of topics like digital social research, social surveys, and big data. Packed with international examples from across the social sciences, it shows how to interpret and work with data generated from real-world research.

It gives you the tools to:
- Design the right research question for your project
- Access, understand, and use existing data
- Effectively write up projects and assignments
- Be confident in the A to Z of the research process
Supported by an interactive website with videos, datasets, templates, and additional exercises, this book is the perfect hand-holder for any social science student starting a methods course or project.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xi, 648p.

Dimension

25 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

1. Introduction and guide to using this book / Clive Seale --
Part One. Starting Out : 2. Philosophy, politics and values / CLive Seale --
3. Research and theory / David Silverman --
4. Ethics and social research / Suki Ali adn Moira Kelly --
5. Doing a literature review / Duncan Branley, Clive Seale and Thomas Zacharias --
6. Research questions and proposals / Moira Kelly --
7. Research design / Clare Robinson and Clive Seale --
8. The disseration / Chetan Bhatt --
Part Two. Generating Data : 9. Sampling / Clive Seale --
10. Questionnaires and interviews / Clive Seale --
11. Questions, measurement adn structured observation / Clive Seale --
12. Qualitative interviewing / Bridget Byrne --
13. Focus groups / Fran Tonkiss --
14. Doing ethnography / David Walsh and Clive Seale --
15. Grounded theory / Clive Seale --
16. Doing historical and documentary research / Ben Gidley --
17. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods / Neil Spicer --
18. Digital social research / Clive Seale --
Part Three. Doing Analysis : 19. Preparing data for statistical analysis / Clive Seale --
20. Analysing single variables / Clive Seale --
21. Bivariate analysis / Clive Seale --
22. Causal arguments and multivariate analysis / Clive Seale --
23. Secondary analysis / Clive Seale --
24. Content and text analysis / Clive Seale and Fran Tonkiss --
25. Finding themes in qualitative data / Carol Rivas --
26. Visual analysis / Suki Ali --
27. Discourse analysis / Fran Tonkiss --
28. Analysing conversation / Tim Rapley --
29. Narrative analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis / Ann Griffin and Vanessa May --
Part Four. Writing, Presenting, Reflecting : 30. Writing a research report / Carol Rivas --
31. Giving oral presentations / David Silverman --
32. Research quality / Clive Seale.

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