Researching society and culture / edited by Clive Seale.
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2018]Edition: 4th editionDescription: xi, 648 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 43329ISBN: 9781473947160 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research | Social sciences -- Methodology | SocietyDDC classification: 301 SEA LOC classification: HM511 | .R439 2018Summary: 'Researching Society and Culture' provides an introduction to methods and methodology for students in the social sciences and cultural studies.The book concludes with a series of workshop and discussion exercises, tailored to each chapter.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Written by internationally renowned experts, each chapter provides a full introduction to a key aspect of research methodology. From starting out to generating, analysing, and presenting data, this new edition covers foundational concepts in social research while also keeping students on the pulse of topics like digital social research, social surveys, and big data. Packed with international examples from across the social sciences, it shows how to interpret and work with data generated from real-world research.
It gives you the tools to:
- Design the right research question for your project
- Access, understand, and use existing data
- Effectively write up projects and assignments
- Be confident in the A to Z of the research process
Supported by an interactive website with videos, datasets, templates, and additional exercises, this book is the perfect hand-holder for any social science student starting a methods course or project.
Previous edition: 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Researching Society and Culture' provides an introduction to methods and methodology for students in the social sciences and cultural studies.The book concludes with a series of workshop and discussion exercises, tailored to each chapter.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Author biographies (p. ix)
- Acknowledgements (p. xii)
- Online resources (p. xiii)
- 1 Introduction and guide to using this book (p. 1)
- Part 1 Starling Out (p. 7)
- 2 Philosophy, politics and values (p. 9)
- 3 Research and theory (p. 25)
- 4 Ethics and social research (p. 43)
- 5 Doing a literature review (p. 63)
- 6 Research questions and proposals (p. 79)
- 7 Research design (p. 101)
- 8 The dissertation (p. 123)
- Part 2 Generating Data (p. 153)
- 9 Sampling (p. 155)
- 10 Questionnaires and Interviews (p. 175)
- 11 Questions, measurement and structured observation (p. 195)
- 12 Qualitative interviewing (p. 217)
- 13 Focus groups (p. 237)
- 14 Doing ethnography (p. 257)
- 15 Grounded theory (p. 275)
- 16 Doing historical and documentary research (p. 285)
- 17 Combining qualitative and quantitative methods (p. 305)
- 18 Digital social research (p. 321)
- Part 3 Doing Analysis (p. 335)
- 19 Preparing data for statistical analysis (p. 337)
- 20 Analysing single variables (p. 351)
- 21 Bivariate analysis (p. 361)
- 22 Causal arguments and multivariate analysis (p. 375)
- 23 Secondary analysis (p. 387)
- 24 Content and text analysis (p. 403)
- 25 Finding themes in qualitative date (p. 429)
- 26 Visual analysis (p. 455)
- 27 Discourse analysis (p. 477)
- 28 Analysing conversation (p. 493)
- 29 Narrative analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis (p. 511)
- Part 4 Writing, Presenting, Reflecting (p. 533)
- 30 Writing a research report (p. 535)
- 31 Giving oral presentations (p. 555)
- 32 Research quality (p. 567)
- Glossary (p. 583)
- References (p. 617)
- Index (p. 637)
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