Research training for social scientists : a handbook for postgraduate researchers / edited by Dawn Burton.

Contributor(s):

Burton, Dawn, 1961- [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : SAGE, 2000Description: xv, 503 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0761963502
9780761963509
0761963510
9780761963516

Subject(s):

Social sciences -- Research

DDC classification:

300.72

Contents:

Part One. Philosophy of the Social Sciences -- Philosophy of Science and Its Relevance for the Social Sciences / Peter Smith -- Questions of Hermeneutics:Beyond Empiricism and Post-modernism / Nick Stevenson -- Feminist Methodologies for Social Researching / Sue Webb -- Race and Racism / Peter Jackson -- Part Two. Ethical and Legal Issues in Social Research -- Ethical Principles / Gerry Kent -- The Power of Research / Iain Crow -- Informed Consent / Gerry Kent -- Can the Law Prescribe an Ethical Framework for Social Science Research? / David Townend -- Ethics in the Field / Anne Celnick -- How Does Substantive Law Currently Regulate Social Science Research / David Townend -- Part Three. Getting Started -- Using Literature to Support Research / Dawn Burton -- Part Four. Qualitative Methods: Design, Data Collection and Analysis -- Theory and Method in Qualitative Research / Simon Holdaway -- Part icipatory. Research as Emancipatory Method:Challenges and Opportunities(Wanda Thomas Bernard ) -- The Use of Focus Groups in Social Science Research / Caroline Oates -- Qualitative Interviewing / Matt Stroh -- The Use of Case Studies in Social Science Research / Dawn Burton -- Computers and Qualitative Data Analysis:To Use or Not to Use...? / Matt Stroh -- Writing Up Qualitative Data / Peter Jackson -- Part Five. Using Computers for Qualitative Data Analysis -- Using NUDIST Version 4:A Hands-on Lesson / Matt Stroh -- Part Six. Survey Research in the Social Sciences: Design and Data Collection -- Design Issues in Survey Research / Dawn Burton -- Sampling Strategies in Survey Research / Dawn Burton -- Questionnaire Design / Dawn Burton -- Secondary Data Analysis / Dawn Burton -- Part Seven. Quantitative Data Analysis -- Descriptive Statistics / Vernon Gayle -- Inferential Statistics / Vernon Gayle -- Getting Started / Vernon Gayle -- Part Eight. Finishing Off: Writing, Presenting and Publishing -- Writing a Thesis / Dawn Burton -- Presentation Skills / Doug Watts and Paul White -- Getting Published / Doug Watts and Paul White.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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