The SAGE handbook of social research methods / edited by Pertti Alasuutari, Leonard Bickman, Julia Brannen.

1. Social Research in Changing Social Conditions / Part I. Directions in Social Research -- 2. The End of the Paradigm Wars? / Alan Bryman -- 3. The History of Social Research Methods / Marja Alastalo -- 4. Assessing Validity in Social Research / Martyn Hammersley -- 5. Ethnography and Audience / Karen Armstrong -- 6. Social Research and Social Practice in Post-Positivist Society / Pekka Sulkunen -- 7. From Questions of Methods to Epistemological Issues: The Case of Biographical Research / Ann Nilsen -- 8. Research Ethics in Social Science / Celia B. Fisher, Andrea E. Anushko -- Part II. Research Designs -- 9. The Core Analytics of Randomized Experiments for Social Research / Howard S. Bloom -- 10. Better Quasi-Experimental Practice / Thomas D. Cook, Vivian C. Wong -- 11. Sample Size Planning with Applications to Multiple Regression: Power and Accuracy for Omnibus and Targeted Effects / Ken Kelley, Scott E. Maxwell -- 12. Re-conceptualizing Generalization: Old Issues in a New Frame / Giampietro Gobo -- 13. Case Study in Social Research / Linda Mabry -- 14. Longitudinal and Panel Studies / Jane Elliott, Janet Holland, Rachel Thomson -- 15. Comparative and Cross-National Designs / David de Vaus -- Part III. Data Collection and Fieldwork -- 16. Modern Measurement in the Social Sciences / James A. Bovaird, Susan E. Embretson -- 17. Naturaland Contrived Data / Susan A. Speer -- 18. Self-Administered Questionnaires and Standardized Interviews / Edith de Leeuw -- 19. Qualitative Interviewing and Feminist Research / Andrea Doucet, Natasha Mauthner -- 20. Biographical Methods / Joanna Bornat -- 21. Focus Groups / Janet Smithson -- Part IV. Types of Analysis and Interpretation of Evidence -- 22. An Introduction to the Multilevel Model for Change / Suzanne E. Graham, Judith D. Singer, John B. Willett -- 23. Latent Variable Models of Social Research Data / Rick H. Hoyle -- 24. Equating Groups / Stephen G. West, Felix Thoemmes -- 25. Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis / Charles Antaki -- 26. Analyzing Narratives and Story-Telling / Matti Hyvdrinen -- 27. Reconstructing Grounded Theory / Kathy Charmaz -- 28. Documents and Action / Lindsay Prior -- 29. Video and the Analysis of Work and Interaction / Christian Heath, Paul Luff -- 30. Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data / Janet Heaton -- 31. Secondary Analysis of Quantitative Data Sources / Angela Dale, Jo Watham, Vanessa Higgins -- 32. Conducting a Meta-Analysis / Erika A. Patall, Harris Cooper -- 33. Synergy and Synthesis: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data / Jane Fielding, Nigel Fielding -- 34. The Analytic Integration of Qualitative Data Sources / Ann Cronin, Victoria D. Alexander, Jane Fielding, Jo Moran-Ellis, Hilary Thomas -- 35. Combining Different Types of Data for Quantitative Analysis / Manfred Max Bergman -- 36. Writing and Presenting Social Research / Amir Marvasti.