Social Research Methods

by Bryman, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780199264469
• ISBN10: 0199264465
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now in its 2nd edition this market leading textbook continues to provide students with an excellent explanation and demonstration of the main theories and techniques in social research methods. Fully updated and now in two colour, the text is accessible and well structured with numerous real life examples and student learning aids. The text is also accompanied by a fully comprehensive companion web site.

Author Biography

Professor Alan Bryman is Professor of Social Research at Loughborough University.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	viii
Guide to the Book	ix
Part One
Social research strategies	3	(23)
Research designs	26	(35)
Part Two
The nature of quantitative research	61	(22)
Sampling	83	(25)
Structured interviewing	108	(23)
Self-completion questionnaires	131	(13)
Asking questions	144	(20)
Structured observation	164	(17)
Content analysis	181	(19)
Secondary analysis and official statistics	200	(18)
Quantitative data analysis	218	(25)
Using SPSS for Windows	243	(22)
Part Three
The nature of qualitative research	265	(26)
Ethnography and participant observation	291	(27)
Interviewing in qualitative research	318	(27)
Focus groups	345	(18)
Language in qualitative research	363	(17)
Documents as sources of data	380	(18)
Qualitative data analysis	398	(19)
Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: using NVivo	417	(20)
Part Four
Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide	437	(14)
Combining quantitative and qualitative research	451	(15)
E-research: using the Internet as object and method of data collection	466	(23)
Writing up social research	489	(16)
Ethics and politics in social research	505	(16)
Doing a research project	521	(16)
Glossary	537	(10)
References	547	(20)
Name Index	567	(8)
Subject Index	575