TY - BOOK AU - Seale,Clive TI - Researching society and culture SN - 0761941967 AV - HM511 .R439 2004 U1 - 300.72 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage Publications KW - Sociology KW - Methodology KW - Philosophy KW - Research KW - Social sciences KW - Culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-528) and index; Introduction; Clive Seale --; Part One; Philosophy, Methodology and History --; Selected Issues in the Philosophy of Social Science; David Lazar --; Developments in Social Theory; Paul Filmer et al --; Feminist Methodology; Heather Brunskell --; Gender, Ethnicity and Fieldwork: A Case Study; Anne-Marie Fortier --; The History of the Social Survey; Fran Tonkiss --; Historical and Comparative Research; Josep Llobera --; Part Two; BEGINNING RESEARCHResearch and Social Policy(David Silverman) --; Research and Social Theory; David Silverman --; Writing a Research Proposal; Moira Kelly --; Part Three; Doing Research --; Doing Social Surveys; Clive Seale and Paul Filmer --; Coding and Analyzing Data; Clive Seale and Moira Kelly --; Statistical Reasoning: From One to Two Variables; Clive Seale --; Statistical Reasoning: Causal Arguments and Multivariate Analysis; Clive Seale --; Using Official Statistics; Don Slater --; Qualitative Interviewing; Clive Seale --; Doing Ethnography; David Walsh --; Analyzing Cultural Objects: Content Analysis and Semiotics; Don Slater --; Analyzing Discourse; Fran Tonkiss --; Analyzing Conversation; David Silverman --; Analyzing Literary Texts; Paul Filmer --; Reading and Writing Research; Les Back --; Part Four; Workshop and Discussion Exercises ER -