TY  - BOOK
AU  - Somekh,Bridget
AU  - Lewin,Cathy
TI  - Theory and methods in social research
SN  - 1849200149
U1  - 300.72 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Previous edition: Research methods in the social sciences, 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part one; reading, reviewing and reflecting  --; Introduction  --; 1; Research in the social sciences; Bridget Somekh (and others)--; 2; Working with literatures; Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson--; 3; Ethical issues in generating public knowledge; Heather Piper and Helen Simons--; Part two; listening, exploring the case and theorizing  --; Introduction  --; 4; Ethnography; Jo Frankham and Christina MacRae--; 5; Research diaries; Mary Louise Holly and Herbert Altrichter--; 6; Case study; Charlotte Chadderton and Harry Torrance--; 7; Interviewing and focus groups; Rosaline S. Barbour and John Schostak--; Part three; addressing issues of power and researching for impact  --; Introduction  --; 8; Feminist methodologies; Diane Burns and Khatidja Chantler--; 9; Critical race theory and its use in social science research; Laurence Parker and Lorna Roberts--; 10; Queer Theory; Lesbian and gay approaches; Gloria Filax (and others)--; 11; Action research; Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh--; 12; The purpose, practice and politics of sponsored evaluations; Tineke Abma and Thomas A. Schwandt--; Part four; observing, querying, interpreting  --; Introduction  --; 13; Grounded theory; Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L. Holt--; 14; Understanding phenomenology through reverse perspectives; Angie Titchen and Dawn Hobson--; 15; Observation; Liz Jones and Bridget Somekh--; 16; Discourse analysis; Alison Lee and Alan Petersen--; 17; Researching online practices; Colin Lankshear, Kevin M. Leander and Michele Knobel--; Part five; identity, community and representation  --; Introduction  --; 18; Life History and narrative methods; Scherto Gill and Ivor Goodson--; 19; Social semiotics and multimodal texts; Diane Mavers and Gunther Kress--; 20; Communities of practice; David Benzie and Bridget Somekh--; 21; Activity theory; Ines Langemeyer and Morten Nissen--; 22; Researching policy; Jill Blackmore and Hugh Lauder--; Part six; quantitative methods: theories and perspectives  --; Introduction  --; 23; The practices of quantitative methods; Kelvyn Jones --; 24; The positivist paradigm in contemporary social research: the interface of psychology, method and sociocultural theory; Charles Crook and Dean Garratt--; 25; Understanding and describing quantitative data; Cathy Lewin--; 26; Differences and relationships in quantitative data; Sally Barnes and Cathy Lewin--; 27; An introduction to statistical modelling; Kelvyn Jones--; Part seven; quantitative methods in action  --; Introduction  --; 28; Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in social inquiry; Jennifer C Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen Mayer--; 29; Random reflections on modelling, geography and voting; Kelvyn Jones--; 30; Methodological issues in international comparative assessments of educational progress; W J Pelgrum--; 31; Evaluating literacy advance in the early years of school; John Ainley--; 32; Working backwards: the road less travelled in quantitative methodology; Brian Doig--; Part eight; researching in postmodern contexts  --; Introduction  --; 33; Deconstruction; Erica Burman and Maggie Maclure--; 34; From hermeneutics to post-structuralism to psychoanalysis; Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs--; 35; From structuralism to post-structuralism; Lee Miller, Joanne 'Bob' Whalley and Ian Stronach--; 36; Feminism / post-structuralism; Bronwen Davies and Suzanne Gannon
N2  - This new edition provides a scholarly and readable introduction to all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods, enabling postgraduate and masters-level students and new researchers to reflect on which ones suit their needs and to receive guidance on how to find out more
ER  -