Research Methods In The Social Sciences FIRST Edition

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This comprehensive and wide-ranging volume brings together the experiences of leading researchers from across the social science disciplines. It discusses the process of social research, its design, its sponsorship, its funding, the role of the researcher, and the ethical issues with which she/he must engage. It also addresses the major theories relating to research methods and examines the different types of social research ranging from those of a fundamental kind to more applied and policy-focused work.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction I. RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: BRIDGET SOMEKH, ERICA BURMAN, SARA DELAMONT, JULIENNE MEYER, MALCOLM PAYNE and RICHARD THORPEII. LISTENING, EXPLORING THE CASE AND THEORIZING: Ethnography JULIET GOLDBART and DAVID HUSTLERResearch Diaries HERBERT ALTRICHTER and MARY LOUISE HOLLYCase Study SHEILA STARK and HARRY TORRANCEInterviewing and Focus Groups ROSALINE S BARBOUR and JOHN SCHOSTAKGrounded Theory JULIET CORBIN and NICHOLAS L HOLTEthical Responsibility in Social Research HEATHER PIPER and HELEN SIMONSIII. RESEARCHING FOR IMPACT: Feminist Methodologies DIANE BURNS and MELANIE WALKERCritical Theories of Race LAURENCE PARKER and LORNA ROBERTSQueer Theory/Lesbian and Gay Approaches GLORIA FILAX, DENNIS SUMARA, BRENT DAVIS and DEBRA SHOGANAction Research SUSAN NOFFKE and BRIDGET SOMEKHResearching Policy JILL BLACKMORE and HUGH LAUDERThe Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations TINEKE ABMA and THOMAS A SCHWANDTIV. OBSERVING, QUERYING, INTERPRETING: Philosophy and Hermeneutics DAVID HEYWOOD and IAN STRONACHPhenomenology ANGIE TITCHEN and DAWN HOBSONNaturalistic Inquiry NIGEL NORRIS and ROB WALKERObservation LIZ JONES and BRIDGET SOMEKHDiscourse Analysis JULIA GILLEN and ALAN PETERSENV. READING AND REPRESENTING SOCIO-CULTURAL MEANINGS: Life History and Narrative Approaches GEOFF SHACKLOCK and LAURIE THORPSemiotic Approaches to Image-based Research TERRY CARSON, MATTHEW PEARSON, INGRID JOHNSTON, JYOTI MANGAT, JENNIFER TUPPER and TERRY WARBURTONSocial Semiotics and Multimodal Texts GUNTHER KRESS and DIANE MAVERSCommunities of Practice DAVID BENZIE, DIANE MAVERS, BRIDGET SOMEKH and EDITH J CISNEROS-COHERNOURActivity Theory INES LANGEMEYER and MORTEN NISSENVI. SAMPLING, CLASSIFYING AND QUANTIFYING: The Foundations of Experimental/Empirical Research Methods DEAN GARRATT and YAOJUN LIThe Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Science Research CHARLES CROOK and DEAN GARRATTElementary Quantitative Methods CATHY LEWINAn Introduction to Inferential Statistics: Testing for Differences and Relationships SALLY BARNES and CATHY LEWINAn Introduction to Statistical Modelling KELVYN JONESVII. QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ACTION: Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting KELVYN JONESMethodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress W J PELGRUMCapturing Complexity through Maturity Modelling JEAN UNDERWOOD and GAYLE DILLONEvaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School JOHN AINLEYWorking Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology BRIAN DOIGCombining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry JENNIFER C GREENE, HOLLY KREIDER and ELLEN MAYERVIII. RESEARCHING IN POSTMODERN CONTEXTS: Deconstruction ERICA BURMAN and MAGGIE MACLUREFrom Hermeneutics to Poststructuralism to Psychoanalysis TONY BROWN and DANIEL HEGGSPostmodernist Perspectives JULIANNE CHEEK and NOEL GOUGHFrom Structuralism to Poststructuralism LEE MILLER, JOANNE `BOB` WHALLEY and IAN STRONACHFeminism/Poststructuralism BRONWYN DAVIES and SUSANNE GANNONSocial Science Research in Virtual Realities COLIN LANKSHEAR and KEVIN M LEANDERIX. PARTICIPATING IN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY: BRIDGET SOMEKH, IAN STRONACH, CATHY LEWIN, MAIRE NOLAN and JEFFREY E STAKEGlossary Index