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Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciences

by Bechhofer; Frank

ISBN13: 9780415214438
ISBN10: 0415214432
eBook ISBN(s): 9781134611065
Edition: 1st
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Copyright: 2000-06-16
Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciencesis a book for researchers who know what they want to study but who have yet to decide how best to study it. This book does not aim to provide a set of rigid recipes for social scientists; rather, it is intended to stimulate them to think about the issues involved when deciding upon their research design.

Author Biography

Frank Bechhofer is Professor at the Research Centre for Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh Lindsay Paterson is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Edinburgh

Table of Contents

Preface

vii

Acknowledgements

x

Fundamentals: comparison and control

1

(13)

Experiments

14

(17)

Representativeness

31

(12)

The choice of locale and group

43

(12)

To interview or not to interview

55

(17)

Structured questionnaires

72

(19)

Fieldwork

91

(13)

Time

104

(16)

Policy research

120

(14)

Journalism and literature

134

(15)

Guide to further reading

149

(6)

Bibliography

155

(12)

Index

167

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