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Principles of methodology : research design in social science / Perri 6 and Christine Bellamy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2012Description: viii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0857024736
  • 9780857024732
  • 0857024744
  • 9780857024749
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 22
LOC classification:
  • H62
Contents:
PART I. FOUNDATIONS: WHAT METHODOLOGY IS AND DOES. -- 1. Inference and Warrant in Designing Research -- 2. Methodology and Social Science Knowledge -- 3. Testing, Confirming and Falsifying -- 4. Perspectives on Findings from Social Research -- PART II. DESIGNS: THE MAIN TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGN. -- 5. Types of Research Design -- 6. Variable-Oriented Research Designs -- 7. Case-Based Research Designs -- 8. Comparative and Case-Oriented Research Designs -- 9. Concept Formation -- PART III. ACHIEVEMENTS: WHAT RESEARCH MAKES INFERENCES TO. -- 10. Why Ideas about Explanation Matter for Methodology -- 11. Basic Forms of Explanation -- 12. Mechanisms, Contexts and Trajectories -- 13. Warranting Explanations -- 14. Between-Case and within-Case Strategies -- 15. Interpretation -- 16. Warranting Interpretations -- PART IV. SYNTHESIS: COMBINATIONS AND TRADE-OFFS. -- 17. Combining Research Designs -- 18. Trade-offs in Research Design --
Part 1. Foundations : what methodology is and does. Inference and warrant in designing research ; Methodology and social science knowledge ; Testing, confirming and falsifying ; Perspectives on findings from social research -- Part 2. Designs : the main types of research design. Types of research design ; Variable-oriented research designs ; Case-based research designs ; Comparative and case-oriented research designs ; Concept formation -- Part 3. Achievements : what research makes inferences to. Why ideas about explanation matter for methodology ; Basic forms of explanation ; Mechanisms, contexts and trajectories ; Warranting explanations ; Between-case and within-case strategies ; Interpretation ; Warranting interpretations -- Part 4. Synthesis : combinations and trade-offs. Combining research designs ; Trade-offs in research design.
Review: "SAGE Publications: 45 Years 1965-2010. Celebrating the social and behavioral sciencesGo to contentWelcome to Sage Books Text Books Reference Books Journals Electronic Products Publish with Sage Books On Sale My Account Customer Care Rep Locator Review Copy Center Shopping Cart You are in North America Change location Search All SAGE Books Textbooks Reference Books Journals Sign In Principles of Methodology Research Design in Social Science Perri 6 Nottingham Trent University, UK Christine Bellamy Nottingham Trent University, UK November 2011 336 pages SAGE Publications Ltd Instructors Complimentary Review Copy Individual Purchasers Paperback ISBN: 9780857024749 $44.95 Hardcover ISBN: 9780857024732 $115.00 Courses: Research Design About Contents Reviews Description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. FOUNDATIONS: WHAT METHODOLOGY IS AND DOES. -- 1. Inference and Warrant in Designing Research -- 2. Methodology and Social Science Knowledge -- 3. Testing, Confirming and Falsifying -- 4. Perspectives on Findings from Social Research -- PART II. DESIGNS: THE MAIN TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGN. -- 5. Types of Research Design -- 6. Variable-Oriented Research Designs -- 7. Case-Based Research Designs -- 8. Comparative and Case-Oriented Research Designs -- 9. Concept Formation -- PART III. ACHIEVEMENTS: WHAT RESEARCH MAKES INFERENCES TO. -- 10. Why Ideas about Explanation Matter for Methodology -- 11. Basic Forms of Explanation -- 12. Mechanisms, Contexts and Trajectories -- 13. Warranting Explanations -- 14. Between-Case and within-Case Strategies -- 15. Interpretation -- 16. Warranting Interpretations -- PART IV. SYNTHESIS: COMBINATIONS AND TRADE-OFFS. -- 17. Combining Research Designs -- 18. Trade-offs in Research Design --

Part 1. Foundations : what methodology is and does. Inference and warrant in designing research ; Methodology and social science knowledge ; Testing, confirming and falsifying ; Perspectives on findings from social research -- Part 2. Designs : the main types of research design. Types of research design ; Variable-oriented research designs ; Case-based research designs ; Comparative and case-oriented research designs ; Concept formation -- Part 3. Achievements : what research makes inferences to. Why ideas about explanation matter for methodology ; Basic forms of explanation ; Mechanisms, contexts and trajectories ; Warranting explanations ; Between-case and within-case strategies ; Interpretation ; Warranting interpretations -- Part 4. Synthesis : combinations and trade-offs. Combining research designs ; Trade-offs in research design.

"SAGE Publications: 45 Years 1965-2010. Celebrating the social and behavioral sciencesGo to contentWelcome to Sage Books Text Books Reference Books Journals Electronic Products Publish with Sage Books On Sale My Account Customer Care Rep Locator Review Copy Center Shopping Cart You are in North America Change location Search All SAGE Books Textbooks Reference Books Journals Sign In Principles of Methodology Research Design in Social Science Perri 6 Nottingham Trent University, UK Christine Bellamy Nottingham Trent University, UK November 2011 336 pages SAGE Publications Ltd Instructors Complimentary Review Copy Individual Purchasers Paperback ISBN: 9780857024749 $44.95 Hardcover ISBN: 9780857024732 $115.00 Courses: Research Design About Contents Reviews Description

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