Research methods in the social sciences / editors, Bridget Somekh and Cathy Lewin.

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Published: London : SAGE, 2005.
Other Authors:
Somekh, Bridget
Lewin, Cathy
Subjects:
Social sciences > Research.
Social sciences > Methodology.
Format: Book
Research methods in the social sciences /
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Research communities in the social sciences / Bridget Somekh [et al.]
  • pt. II. Listening, exploring the case and theorizing. Ethnography / Juliet Goldbart and David Hustler
  • Research diaries / Herbert Altrichter and Mary Louise Holly
  • Case study / Sheila Stark and Harry Torrance
  • Interviewing and focus groups / Rosaline S. Barbour and John Schostak
  • Grounded theory / Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L. Holt
  • Ethical responsibility in social research / Heather Piper and Helen Simons
  • pt. III. Researching for impact. Feminist methodologies / Diane Burns and Melanie Walker
  • Critical theories of race / Laurence Parker and Lorna Roberts
  • Queer theory/lesbian and gay approaches / Gloria Filax [et al.]
  • Action research / Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh
  • Researching policy / Jill Blackmore and Hugh Lauder
  • The practice and politics of sponsored evaluations / Tineke Abma and Thomas A. Schwandt
  • pt. IV. Observing, querying, interpreting. Philosophy and hermeneutics / David Heywood and Ian Stronach
  • Phenomenology / Angie Titchen and Dawn Hobson
  • Naturalistic inquiry / Nigel Norris and Rob Walker
  • Observation / Liz Jones and Bridget Somekh
  • Discourse analysis / Julia Gillen and Alan Petersen
  • pt. V. Reading and representing socio-cultural meanings. Life history and narrative approaches / Geoff Shacklock and Laurie Thorp
  • Semiotic approaches to image-based research / Terry Carson [et al.]
  • Social semiotics and multimodal texts / Gunther Kress and Diane Mavers
  • Communities of practice / David Benzie [et al.]
  • Activity theory / Ines Langemeyer and Morten Nissen
  • pt. VI. Sampling, classifying and quantifying. The foundations of experimental/empirical research methods / Dean Garratt and Yaojun Li
  • The positive paradigm in contemporary social science research / Charles Crook and Dean Garratt
  • Elementary quantitative methods / Cathy Lewin
  • An introduction to inferential statistics : testing for differences and relationships / Sally Barnes and Cathy Lewin
  • An introduction to statistical modelling / Kelvyn Jones
  • pt. VII. Quantitative methods in action. Random reflections on modelling, geography and voting / Kelvyn Jones
  • Methodological issues in international comparative assessments of educational progress / W.J. Pelgrum
  • Capturing complexity through maturity modelling / Jean Underwood and Gayle Dillon
  • Evaluating literacy advance in the early years of school / John Ainley
  • Working backwards: the road less travelled in quantitative methodology / Brian Doig
  • Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in social inquiry / Jennifer C. Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen Mayer
  • pt. VIII. Researching in postmodern contexts. Deconstruction as a method of research / Erica Burman and Maggie MacLure
  • From hermeneutics to poststructuralism to psychoanalysis / Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs
  • Postmodernist perspectives / Julianne Cheek and Noel Gough
  • From structuralism to poststructuralism / Lee Miller, Joanne 'Bob' Whalley and Ian Stronach
  • Feminism/poststructuralism / Bronwyn Davies and Susanne Gannon
  • Social science research in virtual realities / Colin Lankshear and Kevin M. Leander
  • pt. IX. Participating in the research community / Bridget Somekh [et al.].

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