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Data collection : key debates and methods in social research / Wendy Olsen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2012Description: xi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1847872557
  • 9781847872555
  • 1847872565
  • 9781847872562
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 22
LOC classification:
  • H62 .O47 2012
Contents:
Part 1: Data collection : an introduction to research practices -- Researching and data collection -- Findings -- Data -- Causes -- Sampling -- Further reading for part 1 -- part 2: Collecting qualitative data -- Interviews -- Transcripts -- Coding -- Meaning -- Interpretation -- Observer bias -- Representations -- Focus groups -- Document analysis -- Accuracy -- Ethical clearance -- Further reading for part 2 -- part 3: Observation and involved methods -- Participation -- Praxis -- Action research -- Observation methods -- Online data collection -- Further reading for part 3 -- part 4: Experimental and systematic data collection -- Questionnaire design -- Handling treatment data -- The Ethics of volunteers -- Market-research techniques -- Creating systematic case-study data -- Further reading for part 4 -- part 5: Survey methods for data collection -- Operationalisation -- Measurement -- Causality -- Data cleaning -- Data extraction -- Outliers -- Subsetting of data -- Survey weights -- Further reading for part 5 -- Part 6: The Case-study method of data collection -- Case-study research -- Comparative research -- Configurations -- Contingency -- Causal mechanisms -- Further reading for part 6 -- part 7: Concluding suggestions about data-collection concepts -- Facts -- Reality -- Retroduction -- Further reading for part 7.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 300.72 OLS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A519237B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Data collection : an introduction to research practices -- Researching and data collection -- Findings -- Data -- Causes -- Sampling -- Further reading for part 1 -- part 2: Collecting qualitative data -- Interviews -- Transcripts -- Coding -- Meaning -- Interpretation -- Observer bias -- Representations -- Focus groups -- Document analysis -- Accuracy -- Ethical clearance -- Further reading for part 2 -- part 3: Observation and involved methods -- Participation -- Praxis -- Action research -- Observation methods -- Online data collection -- Further reading for part 3 -- part 4: Experimental and systematic data collection -- Questionnaire design -- Handling treatment data -- The Ethics of volunteers -- Market-research techniques -- Creating systematic case-study data -- Further reading for part 4 -- part 5: Survey methods for data collection -- Operationalisation -- Measurement -- Causality -- Data cleaning -- Data extraction -- Outliers -- Subsetting of data -- Survey weights -- Further reading for part 5 -- Part 6: The Case-study method of data collection -- Case-study research -- Comparative research -- Configurations -- Contingency -- Causal mechanisms -- Further reading for part 6 -- part 7: Concluding suggestions about data-collection concepts -- Facts -- Reality -- Retroduction -- Further reading for part 7.

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