Social research methods : a reader /
Social research methods : a reader /
edited by Clive Seale.
- xviii, 538 pages ; 26 cm.
- Routledge student readers .
- Routledge student readers. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Methodological awareness -- Methodology and Scholarship in Understanding Ideological Explanation / On Intellectual Craftsmanship / Social research as science -- Laws and Social Facts / The Logic of Science in Sociology / Popper and Falsificationism / Validity / Go Forth and Experiment / Collecting quantitative data -- Sampling / Questionnaires / Interviewing in Social Research / Attitude Scaling Methods / On-Line Surveys / Interaction Analysis / Content Analysis / The Taming of Chance / Analysing quantitative data -- Secondary Analysis of Survey Data / A Sociological Perspective on Secondary Analysis / The Quantification of Questionnaire Data / Interpretation of Statistical Relations as a Research Operation / The Strategy of Survey Analysis / Critiques of quantification -- Hired Hand Research / Fixed-Choice Questionnaires / The Critics of Surveys / Quality of Life Assessment Interviews / Sex, Lies, and Social Science (A Book Review with Subsequent Correspondence) / The limits of science -- Against Method / The Structure of Scientific Revolutions / Episodes in the History of the Research Article / Ethnography: the qualitative alternative -- Concept and Theory Formation in the Social Sciences / First Efforts / The Field Work Situation: Social Roles for Observation / Theoretical Sampling / Field Notes / Being There / Some Reflections on Ethnography and Validity / Participant Observation and Interviewing: A Comparison (And a Subsequent Exchange with Martin Trow) / Qualitative interviewing -- Depth Interviewing / Interviewing Women: a Contradiction in Terms (And a Subsequent Exchange with Joanna Malseed) / The Methodology of Focus Groups: The Importance of Interaction Between Research Participants / Other sources of qualitative data -- Principles of Visual Research / On the Diversity of Life Documents / Qualitative Data Archiving: Some Reflections on Its Prospects and Problems / The Application of Ethnographic Methodology in the Study of Cybersex / Analysing qualitative data -- Open Coding / Searching for Text / Theory Building in Qualitative Research and Computer Programs for the Management of Textual Data / Harvey Sacks: Social Science and Conversation Analysis / Reliability and Validity in Research Based on Tapes and Transcripts / Structuralism, post-structuralism and the linguistic turn -- The Structural Study of Myth / Semiology and the Study of Advertising / Foucault and Discourse / Unfolding Discourse Analysis / Critical Discourse Analysis / The Theory and Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis / Strategic Uses of Narrative in the Presentation of Self and Illness: A Research Note / Reflexivity and representation -- Toward a Reflexive Sociology / Partial Truths / Transcriptions / Grief and a Headhunter's Rage / The Consequences of Poetic Representation / The Ethnographic Critique of Ethnography / Postmodernism -- Intellectuals: From Modern Legislators to Post-Modern Interpreters / Postmodernism / Can We Research Suffering? / Fertile Obsession: Validity After Poststructuralism / Farewell to Criteriology / Political and ethical aspects of research practice -- Science as a Vocation / The Many Meanings of Research Utilization / Research Ethics: Two Statements / What is Action Research? / Is There a Feminist Method? / Methods, Practice and Epistemology: The Debate About Feminism and Research / Doing Research, Writing Politics: The Dilemmas of Political Intervention in Research on Racism / Hierarchy and Emancipation / Paradigm disputes and resolutions -- Qualitative Sociology and Deconstructionism: An Exchange / Closing Down the Conversation: The End of the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate Among Educational Inquirers / Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Further Reflections on Their Integration / Who's Afraid of the Randomized Controlled Trial? Some Dilemmas of the Scientific Method and 'Good' Research Practice / Towards a Rehabilitation of Data / Michael Billig -- C. Wright Mills -- Emile Durkheim -- Walter L. Wallace -- Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell -- Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell -- Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley -- Barry Hedges -- Claus Moser and Graham Kalton -- Herbert H. Hyman, William J. Cobb, Jacob J. Feldman, Clyde W. Hart and Charles Herbert Stember -- A. N. Oppenheim -- Kim Sheehan and Mariea Hoy -- Ned Flanders -- Robert Philip Weber -- Ian Hacking -- K. Jill Kiecolt and Laura E. Nathan -- Angela Dale, Sara Arber and Michael Procter -- A. N. Oppenheim -- Paul F. Lazarsfeld -- Morris Rosenberg -- Julius A. Roth -- Aaron V. Cicourel -- Cathie Marsh -- Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra -- R. C. Lewontin -- Paul Feyerabend -- Thomas S. Kuhn -- John M. Swales -- Alfred Schutz -- William Foote Whyte -- Buford H. Junker -- Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss -- John Lofland -- Clifford Geertz -- Martyn Hammersley -- Howard S. Becker and Blanche Geer -- Sue Jones -- Ann Oakley -- Jenny Kitzinger -- John Collier, Jr. and Malcolm Collier -- Ken Plummer -- Martyn Hammersley -- Robin Hamman -- Anselm L. Strauss and Juliet Corbin -- Graham R. Gibbs -- Udo Kelle -- David Silverman -- Anssi Perakyla -- Claude Levi-Strauss -- William Leiss, Stephen Kline and Sut Jhally -- Stuart Hall -- Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell -- Norman Fairclough and Ruth Wodak -- H. G. Widdowson -- Catherine Kohler Riessman -- Alvin W. Gouldner -- James Clifford -- Paul Atkinson -- Renato Rosaldo -- Laurel Richardson -- John D. Brewer -- Zygmunt Bauman -- Madan Sarup -- Arthur W. Frank -- Patti Lather -- Thomas A. Schwandt -- Max Weber -- Carol H. Weiss -- British Sociological Association and Council for American Survey Research Organizations -- Julienne Meyer -- Sandra Harding -- Mary Maynard -- Les Back and John Solomos -- Martyn Hammersley -- William Foote Whyte, Laurel Richardson and Norman K. Denzin -- John K. Smith and Lous Heshusius -- Alan Bryman -- Ann Oakley -- Maureen Cain and Janet Finch. Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. 3. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Pt. 4. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Pt. 5. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Pt. 6. 26. 27. 28. Pt. 7. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Pt. 8. 37. 38. 39. Pt. 9. 40. 41. 42. 43. Pt. 10. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. Pt. 11. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. Pt. 12. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. Pt. 13. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. Pt. 14. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. Pt. 15. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79.
This volume brings together many of the core classic and contemporary works in social and cultural research methods, giving students direct access to methodological debates and examples of practical research across the qualitative/quantitative divide.
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2003010537
Sociology--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
HM511 / .S65 2004
301.01
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Methodological awareness -- Methodology and Scholarship in Understanding Ideological Explanation / On Intellectual Craftsmanship / Social research as science -- Laws and Social Facts / The Logic of Science in Sociology / Popper and Falsificationism / Validity / Go Forth and Experiment / Collecting quantitative data -- Sampling / Questionnaires / Interviewing in Social Research / Attitude Scaling Methods / On-Line Surveys / Interaction Analysis / Content Analysis / The Taming of Chance / Analysing quantitative data -- Secondary Analysis of Survey Data / A Sociological Perspective on Secondary Analysis / The Quantification of Questionnaire Data / Interpretation of Statistical Relations as a Research Operation / The Strategy of Survey Analysis / Critiques of quantification -- Hired Hand Research / Fixed-Choice Questionnaires / The Critics of Surveys / Quality of Life Assessment Interviews / Sex, Lies, and Social Science (A Book Review with Subsequent Correspondence) / The limits of science -- Against Method / The Structure of Scientific Revolutions / Episodes in the History of the Research Article / Ethnography: the qualitative alternative -- Concept and Theory Formation in the Social Sciences / First Efforts / The Field Work Situation: Social Roles for Observation / Theoretical Sampling / Field Notes / Being There / Some Reflections on Ethnography and Validity / Participant Observation and Interviewing: A Comparison (And a Subsequent Exchange with Martin Trow) / Qualitative interviewing -- Depth Interviewing / Interviewing Women: a Contradiction in Terms (And a Subsequent Exchange with Joanna Malseed) / The Methodology of Focus Groups: The Importance of Interaction Between Research Participants / Other sources of qualitative data -- Principles of Visual Research / On the Diversity of Life Documents / Qualitative Data Archiving: Some Reflections on Its Prospects and Problems / The Application of Ethnographic Methodology in the Study of Cybersex / Analysing qualitative data -- Open Coding / Searching for Text / Theory Building in Qualitative Research and Computer Programs for the Management of Textual Data / Harvey Sacks: Social Science and Conversation Analysis / Reliability and Validity in Research Based on Tapes and Transcripts / Structuralism, post-structuralism and the linguistic turn -- The Structural Study of Myth / Semiology and the Study of Advertising / Foucault and Discourse / Unfolding Discourse Analysis / Critical Discourse Analysis / The Theory and Practice of Critical Discourse Analysis / Strategic Uses of Narrative in the Presentation of Self and Illness: A Research Note / Reflexivity and representation -- Toward a Reflexive Sociology / Partial Truths / Transcriptions / Grief and a Headhunter's Rage / The Consequences of Poetic Representation / The Ethnographic Critique of Ethnography / Postmodernism -- Intellectuals: From Modern Legislators to Post-Modern Interpreters / Postmodernism / Can We Research Suffering? / Fertile Obsession: Validity After Poststructuralism / Farewell to Criteriology / Political and ethical aspects of research practice -- Science as a Vocation / The Many Meanings of Research Utilization / Research Ethics: Two Statements / What is Action Research? / Is There a Feminist Method? / Methods, Practice and Epistemology: The Debate About Feminism and Research / Doing Research, Writing Politics: The Dilemmas of Political Intervention in Research on Racism / Hierarchy and Emancipation / Paradigm disputes and resolutions -- Qualitative Sociology and Deconstructionism: An Exchange / Closing Down the Conversation: The End of the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate Among Educational Inquirers / Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Further Reflections on Their Integration / Who's Afraid of the Randomized Controlled Trial? Some Dilemmas of the Scientific Method and 'Good' Research Practice / Towards a Rehabilitation of Data / Michael Billig -- C. Wright Mills -- Emile Durkheim -- Walter L. Wallace -- Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell -- Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell -- Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley -- Barry Hedges -- Claus Moser and Graham Kalton -- Herbert H. Hyman, William J. Cobb, Jacob J. Feldman, Clyde W. Hart and Charles Herbert Stember -- A. N. Oppenheim -- Kim Sheehan and Mariea Hoy -- Ned Flanders -- Robert Philip Weber -- Ian Hacking -- K. Jill Kiecolt and Laura E. Nathan -- Angela Dale, Sara Arber and Michael Procter -- A. N. Oppenheim -- Paul F. Lazarsfeld -- Morris Rosenberg -- Julius A. Roth -- Aaron V. Cicourel -- Cathie Marsh -- Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra -- R. C. Lewontin -- Paul Feyerabend -- Thomas S. Kuhn -- John M. Swales -- Alfred Schutz -- William Foote Whyte -- Buford H. Junker -- Barney G. Glaser and Anselm L. Strauss -- John Lofland -- Clifford Geertz -- Martyn Hammersley -- Howard S. Becker and Blanche Geer -- Sue Jones -- Ann Oakley -- Jenny Kitzinger -- John Collier, Jr. and Malcolm Collier -- Ken Plummer -- Martyn Hammersley -- Robin Hamman -- Anselm L. Strauss and Juliet Corbin -- Graham R. Gibbs -- Udo Kelle -- David Silverman -- Anssi Perakyla -- Claude Levi-Strauss -- William Leiss, Stephen Kline and Sut Jhally -- Stuart Hall -- Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell -- Norman Fairclough and Ruth Wodak -- H. G. Widdowson -- Catherine Kohler Riessman -- Alvin W. Gouldner -- James Clifford -- Paul Atkinson -- Renato Rosaldo -- Laurel Richardson -- John D. Brewer -- Zygmunt Bauman -- Madan Sarup -- Arthur W. Frank -- Patti Lather -- Thomas A. Schwandt -- Max Weber -- Carol H. Weiss -- British Sociological Association and Council for American Survey Research Organizations -- Julienne Meyer -- Sandra Harding -- Mary Maynard -- Les Back and John Solomos -- Martyn Hammersley -- William Foote Whyte, Laurel Richardson and Norman K. Denzin -- John K. Smith and Lous Heshusius -- Alan Bryman -- Ann Oakley -- Maureen Cain and Janet Finch. Pt. 1. 1. 2. Pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. 3. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Pt. 4. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Pt. 5. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Pt. 6. 26. 27. 28. Pt. 7. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Pt. 8. 37. 38. 39. Pt. 9. 40. 41. 42. 43. Pt. 10. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. Pt. 11. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. Pt. 12. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. Pt. 13. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. Pt. 14. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. Pt. 15. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79.
This volume brings together many of the core classic and contemporary works in social and cultural research methods, giving students direct access to methodological debates and examples of practical research across the qualitative/quantitative divide.
0415300835 9780415300834 0415300843 9780415300841
2003010537
Sociology--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
HM511 / .S65 2004
301.01