Social Research Methods

"Social Research Methods: A Reader" brings together many of the core classic and contemporary works in social and cultural research methods, giving students direct access to methodological debates and examples of practical research across the qualitative/quantitative divide. The book is designed to be used both as a collection of readings and as an introductory research methods book in its own right.Topics covered include: research methodology; research design, data collection and preparation; analysing data; mixing qualitative and quantitative methods; validity and reliability; methodological critique - postmodernism, post-structuralism and critical ethnography; political and ethical aspects of research; philosophy of social science; and reporting research. In addition to a containing an extensive introduction, each section is preceded by a short introduction placing the readings in context. This reader-text also includes features such as discussion questions and practical exercises.

ISBN 0415300843   Pages 400 ISBN13 9780415300841 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 975 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Routledge Student Readers Publication date 13 Nov 2003   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress HM511 \.S6, HM511 \.S6   Width (mm) 174 DEWEY 301.01   Spine width (mm) 32 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education, General

		List of illustrations
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction to the reader		1
Pt. 1		Methodological awareness		11
1		Methodology and Scholarship in Understanding Ideological Explanation by Michael Billig		13
2		On Intellectual Craftsmanship by C. Wright Mills		19
Pt. 2		Social research as science		27
3		Laws and Social Facts by Emile Durkheim		31
4		The Logic of Science in Sociology by Walter L. Wallace		35
5		Popper and Falsificationism by Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell		43
6		Validity by Thomas D. Cook and Donald T. Campbell		48
7		Go Forth and Experiment by Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley		54
Pt. 3		Collecting quantitative data		59
8		Sampling by Barry Hedges		63
9		Questionnaires by Claus Moser and Graham Kalton		73
10		Interviewing in Social Research by Herbert H. Hyman and William J. Cobb and Jacob J. Feldman and Clyde W. Hart and Charles Herbert Stember		88
11		Attitude Scaling Methods by A. N. Oppenheim		96
12		On-Line Surveys by Kim Sheehan and Mariea Hoy		105
13		Interaction Analysis by Ned Flanders		111
14		Content Analysis by Robert Philip Weber		117
15		The Taming of Chance by Ian Hacking		125
Pt. 4		Analysing quantitative data		129
16		Secondary Analysis of Survey Data by K. Jill Kiecolt and Laura E. Nathan		133
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