Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of key concepts
Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive yet compact A-Z for undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking research across the social sciences, featuring 71 entries that cover a wide range of concepts, methods, and theories.

Each entry begins with an accessible introduction to a method, using real-world examples from a wide range of academic disciplines, before discussing the benefits and limitations of the approach, its current status in academic practice, and finally providing tips and advice for readers on when and how to apply the method in their own research. Wide ranging and interdisciplinary, the text covers both well-established concepts and emerging ideas, such as big data and network analysis, for qualitative and quantitative research methods.

All entries feature extensive cross-referencing, providing ease of navigation and, pointing readers to related concepts, and to help build their overall understanding of research methods.
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Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of key concepts
Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive yet compact A-Z for undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking research across the social sciences, featuring 71 entries that cover a wide range of concepts, methods, and theories.

Each entry begins with an accessible introduction to a method, using real-world examples from a wide range of academic disciplines, before discussing the benefits and limitations of the approach, its current status in academic practice, and finally providing tips and advice for readers on when and how to apply the method in their own research. Wide ranging and interdisciplinary, the text covers both well-established concepts and emerging ideas, such as big data and network analysis, for qualitative and quantitative research methods.

All entries feature extensive cross-referencing, providing ease of navigation and, pointing readers to related concepts, and to help build their overall understanding of research methods.
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Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of key concepts

Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of key concepts

Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of key concepts

Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of key concepts

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Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive yet compact A-Z for undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking research across the social sciences, featuring 71 entries that cover a wide range of concepts, methods, and theories.

Each entry begins with an accessible introduction to a method, using real-world examples from a wide range of academic disciplines, before discussing the benefits and limitations of the approach, its current status in academic practice, and finally providing tips and advice for readers on when and how to apply the method in their own research. Wide ranging and interdisciplinary, the text covers both well-established concepts and emerging ideas, such as big data and network analysis, for qualitative and quantitative research methods.

All entries feature extensive cross-referencing, providing ease of navigation and, pointing readers to related concepts, and to help build their overall understanding of research methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198850298
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 03/29/2021
Pages: 332
Product dimensions: 9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jean-Frédéric Morin, Full Professor, Political Science Department, Université Laval,Christian Olsson, Associate Professor in International Relations, Université libre de Bruxelles,Ece Özlem Atikcan, Associate Professor in Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick

Jean-Frédéric Morin is Full Professor at Université Laval (Canada) and chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy. His current research projects look at the design of environmental treaties, interactions between international institutions, and the governance of space debris. His most recent co-authored books include Global Environmental Politics (OUP, 2020) and Greening through Trade (MIT Press, 2020).

Christian Olsson is Associate Professor at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB, Belgium) and Director of its REPI Research Unit (Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale). His research concerns the transformations of warfare in the context of Western overseas military operations, the political dynamics of non-state armed groups and the privatization of security and military operations. Recent articles have been published in Millenium, Critical Military Studies and Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding.

Ece Özlem Atikcan is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the European Institute of the University College London in the UK. Her research combines a theoretical focus on political campaigns, issue framing, politicisation of trade agreements, transnational social movements, and diffusion with a regional focus on the European Union. Her recent work has appeared in European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties, Journal of Public Policy, and as books with Cambridge University Press and McGill-Queen's University Press.

Table of Contents

0. Introduction1. Archival Research, Chloé Brière2. Automated Text Analysis, Yannis Panagis3. Bayesian Inference, Arnaud Dufays4. Behaviourism, Olga Herzog5. Bias, Stephanie Anne Shelton and Aysel Küçüksu6. Big Data, Yannick Dufresne and Brittany Davidson7. Boolean Algebra, Jasmin Hasic8. Case Selection, Laura Gelhaus and Dirk Leuffen9. Case Study, Jessica Luciano Gomes and Miriam Gomes Saraiva10. Causation, Vivien Sierens and Ramona Coman11. Comparative Analysis, Céline C. Cocq and Ora Szekely12. Concept Construction, Louis Bélanger & Pierre-Marc Daigneault13. Content Analysis, Holli A. Semetko14. Contextual Analysis, Auke Willems15. Counterfactual Analysis, Shunsuke Sato16. Covariance, Virginie Van Ingelgom and Alban Versailles17. Critical Realism, Dominik Giese and Jonathan Joseph18. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies, Andrew Bell19. Deductive, Inductive, and Retroductive Reasoning, Dominik Giese and Kai-Uwe Schnapp20. Descriptive, Explanatory, and Interpretive Approaches, Louis Imbeau, Sule Tomkinson and Yasmina Malki21. Determinism, Predictions, and Probabilism, François Depelteau22. Discourse Analysis, Elisa Narminio and Caterina Carta23. Endogeneity, Elena Avramovska24. Epistemology, Gianfranco Pellegrino25. Ethics in Research, Mark Daku and Laurence Marquis26. Ethnography, Chowra Makaremi27. Experiments, Damien Bol28. Factor Analysis, Ulf Liebe29. Falsification, Brian D. Earp30. Focus Groups, Andrew Parker and Jonathan Tritter31. Formal Modelling, Érick Duchesne and Arthur Silve32. Grand Theory and Middle Range Theory, Frederik Ponjaert33. Hermeneutics, Mélanie Samson34. Hypotheses, Onna Van Den Broek and Adam William Chalmers35. Interdisciplinary, Roberto Carrillo and Lidia Núñez36. Interview Techniques, Marta Matrakova37. Levels of Analysis, Mauro Caprioli and Claire Dupuy38. Literature review, Mathieu Ouimet and Pierre-Olivier Bédard39. Meta-Analysis, Noémie Laurens40. Methodological Individualism and Holism, Suzan Gibril41. Mixed Methods, Manfredi Valeriani and Vicki L. Plano Clark42. Multi-causality and Equifinality, Johann Wolfschwenger and Kevin Lloyd Young43. Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Geometric Data Analysis, Stephan Davidshofer and Amal Tawfik44. Nomothetic and Idiographic Methods, Nicky Hayes45. Observational Methods, Christian Olsson46. Ontology, Eric Fabri47. Operationalization, Anne-Laure Mahé and Theodore Mclauchlin48. Oral History and Life History, Julien Pomarède49. Paradigms and Research Programmes, Sheila Dow and Andreas Dimmelmeier50. Positivism, Post-positivism, and Social Science, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson and Lucas Dolan51. Process Tracing, Seda Gürkan and Jochem Rietveld52. Prosopography, Jacob A. Hasselbalch and Leonard Seabrook53. Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Kevin Kalomeni and Claudius Wagemann54. Regression Analysis, Kamil Marcinkiewicz and Kai-Uwe Schnapp55. Replication and Reproducibility, Stefan Schmidt56. Research Question, Irene Wieczorek and Piergiuseppe Parisi57. Sampling Techniques, Emilie Van Haute58. Scientific Realism, Heikki Patomäki59. Scope Conditions, Mathilde Gauquelin60. Sequence Analysis, Thomas Collas and Philippe Blanchard61. Social Network Analysis, Nicholas Haagensen and Lasse Folke Henriksen62. Source Criticism, Kenneth Bertrams and Anne Weyembergh63. Statistical Significance, Olesya Tkacheva64. Survey Research, Lior Gideon and Kevin Barnes-Ceeney65. Systems Analysis, Guillaume Beaumier and Didier Wernli66. Thematic Analysis, Victoria Clarke and Virginia Braun67. Time Series, Nina Baur and Jannis Hergesell68. Triangulation, Sabine Caillaud and Uwe Flick69. Typology, Juraj Halas70. Unit Analysis and Observation, Kimberly A. Neuendorf71. Variables, Jean-Frédéric Morin and Alessandra Bonci
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