Thinking through methods : a social science primer /
Martin, John Levi, 1964-
Thinking through methods : a social science primer / John Levi Martin. - ix, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- 1. Sharpen your tools -- 2. How to formulate a question -- 3. How do you choose a site? -- 4. Talking to people -- 5. Hanging out -- 6. Ethics in research -- 7. Comparing -- 8. Dealing with documents -- 9. Interpreting it and writing it up -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
"Sociological research is hard enough already—you don’t need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you’re doing or where you’re heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that you will need to make as a researcher—where the data you are working with comes from and how that data relates to all the possible data you could have gathered. This is a user’s guide to sociological research, designed to be used at both the undergraduate and graduate level." --Publisher's website.
022643169X 9780226431697 022643172X 9780226431727
2016025207
Sociology--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
HM511 / .M357 2017
301.072
Thinking through methods : a social science primer / John Levi Martin. - ix, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- 1. Sharpen your tools -- 2. How to formulate a question -- 3. How do you choose a site? -- 4. Talking to people -- 5. Hanging out -- 6. Ethics in research -- 7. Comparing -- 8. Dealing with documents -- 9. Interpreting it and writing it up -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
"Sociological research is hard enough already—you don’t need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you’re doing or where you’re heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that you will need to make as a researcher—where the data you are working with comes from and how that data relates to all the possible data you could have gathered. This is a user’s guide to sociological research, designed to be used at both the undergraduate and graduate level." --Publisher's website.
022643169X 9780226431697 022643172X 9780226431727
2016025207
Sociology--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
HM511 / .M357 2017
301.072