The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods

by Pertti Alasuutari

• ISBN13: 9781412919920
• ISBN10: 1412919924
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-25
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

The SAGE Handbook for Social Research Methods is a must for every social-science researcher. With editors and contributors from across Europe, North America and Australia, the book charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodology, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods in one volume.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Social Research in Changing Social Conditions	p. 1
Directions in Social Research	p. 9
The End of the Paradigm Wars?	p. 13
The History of Social Research Methods	p. 26
Assessing Validity in Social Research	p. 42
Ethnography and Audience	p. 54
Social Research and Social Practice in Post-Positivist Society	p. 68
From Questions of Methods to Epistemological Issues: The Case of Biographical Research	p. 81
Research Ethics in Social Science	p. 95
Research Designs	p. 111
The Core Analytics of Randomized Experiments for Social Research	p. 115
Better Quasi-Experimental Practice	p. 134
Sample Size Planning with Applications to Multiple Regression: Power and Accuracy for Omnibus and Targeted Effects	p. 166
Re-conceptualizing Generalization: Old Issues in a New Frame	p. 193
Case Study in Social Research	p. 214
Longitudinal and Panel Studies	p. 228
Comparative and Cross-National Designs	p. 249
Data Collection and Fieldwork	p. 265
Modern Measurement in the Social Sciences	p. 269
Natural and Contrived Data	p. 290
Self-Administered Questionnaires and Standardized Interviews	p. 313
Qualitative Interviewing and Feminist Research	p. 328
Biographical Methods	p. 344
Focus Groups	p. 357
Types of Analysis and Interpretation of Evidence	p. 371
An Introduction to the Multilevel Model for Change	p. 377
Latent Variable Models of Social Research Data	p. 395
Equating Groups	p. 414
Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis	p. 431
Analyzing Narratives and Story-Telling	p. 447
Reconstructing Grounded Theory	p. 461
Documents and Action	p. 479
Video and the Analysis of Work and Interaction	p. 493
Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data	p. 506
Secondary Analysis of Quantitative Data Sources	p. 520
Conducting a Meta-Analysis	p. 536
Synergy and Synthesis: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data	p. 555
The Analytic Integration of Qualitative Data Sources	p. 572
Combining Different Types of Data for Quantitative Analysis	p. 585
Writing and Presenting Social Research	p. 602
Index	p. 617
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