TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martin,John Levi
TI  - Thinking through methods: a social science primer 
SN  - 022643169X
AV  - HM511 .M357 2017
U1  - 301.072 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Social sciences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- 1. Sharpen your tools -- 2. How to formulate a question -- 3. How do you choose a site? -- 4. Talking to people -- 5. Hanging out -- 6. Ethics in research -- 7. Comparing -- 8. Dealing with documents -- 9. Interpreting it and writing it up -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
N2  - "Sociological research is hard enough already—you don’t need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you’re doing or where you’re heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that you will need to make as a researcher—where the data you are working with comes from and how that data relates to all the possible data you could have gathered. This is a user’s guide to sociological research, designed to be used at both the undergraduate and graduate level." --Publisher's website
ER  -