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Designing Social Research: A Guide for the Bewildered / Edition 1 available in Paperback
Designing Social Research: A Guide for the Bewildered / Edition 1
by Ian Greener
Ian Greener
- ISBN-10:
- 1849201900
- ISBN-13:
- 9781849201902
- Pub. Date:
- 05/09/2011
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- ISBN-10:
- 1849201900
- ISBN-13:
- 9781849201902
- Pub. Date:
- 05/09/2011
- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
Designing Social Research: A Guide for the Bewildered / Edition 1
by Ian Greener
Ian Greener
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Overview
Enabling both students and researchers to fully explore the range of research approaches available, this guide demystifies the process of setting up a research study and is ideal as a starter book in research design.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781849201902 |
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Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Publication date: | 05/09/2011 |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 224 |
Sales rank: | 867,141 |
Product dimensions: | 6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.50(d) |
About the Author
Ian Greener is a Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University where he leads the provision of research methods teaching on ESRC-accredited courses. Prior to this he worked for a number of UK Higher Education
Universities including Manchester and York in Business
Schools and Social
Science Departments. His main research interest is trying to keep up with the hectic pace of public sector reform both in the UK and internationally, using a range of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research strategies to examine continuity and change in public services, and which has led to books on the history of the NHS and public management, and over fifty articles published in a range of international peer-reviewed journals.
Universities including Manchester and York in Business
Schools and Social
Science Departments. His main research interest is trying to keep up with the hectic pace of public sector reform both in the UK and internationally, using a range of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research strategies to examine continuity and change in public services, and which has led to books on the history of the NHS and public management, and over fifty articles published in a range of international peer-reviewed journals.
Ian lives in York where he spends his time trying to stop his children, Bethany, Emily and Anna, from spending what remains of his money,
and walking a spaniel his wife insists he must grow to like. He likes good red wine, Strictly Come Dancing, and computers that work.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Social Research Design - Or What Are You Talking About?IntroductionDefining termsSome general points about research questionsSome other general guidelinesSome practical examples of how questions, methods and philosophy combineWhat's the problem, and how are you going to research it? A logic of appropriatenessConclusionFive things to remember about this chapterReviewing What Other People Have Said - Or How Can I Tell If Others' Research is Any Good?IntroductionNuts and boltsThe hierarchy of evidenceReading efficiently and critically, and taking notesSo is the study any good?Writing a reviewConclusionFive things to remember about this chapterExample - 'Qualitative research and the evidence base of policy'Surveys and Questionnaires - Or How Can I Conduct Research With People at a Distance?IntroductionThe use of questionnaires - the best (and worst) of quantitative (and qualitative) social researchSurveys and questionnairesPerspectives on questionnairesDesigning questionnairesOpen and closed responsesGetting questions really clearCommon response formsQuestionnaire designAnalysing and reporting questionnaire responsesReflexivity and questionnairesContentious issuesConclusion - working with the good and bad of questionnairesFive things to remember about this chapterExample - The Paradox of ChoiceElements of Quantitative Design: Sampling and Statistics - Or What Can I Do With Numbers?IntroductionNumbers and their importanceWhat are numbers good for?The philosophy of quantitative researchSamplingSome issues in quantitative analysis - basic descriptive statisticsConclusionFive things to remember about this chapterExample - Super CrunchersEthnography as a Research Approach - Or What Do I Gain from Watching People and Talking to Them?IntroductionWhat is ethnography?When would I want to use an ethnography?What does it mean to conduct an ethnography?Philosophical debates around ethnographyWhat do the differences in approach mean for the resulting ethnography?What kind of research does an ethnographic research project produce?How can you increase the chance of doing good ethnographic research?Conclusion - getting close or producing useless knowledge?Five things to remember about this chapterExample - Reading Ethnographic ResearchDealing with Qualitative Data - Or What Should I Do With All These Words?IntroductionThe aims of qualitative researchGrounded theory, coding and generalisationThe mechanics of grounded theoryDiscourse analysis and its variantsQuantitative approaches to textual analysisAnalysing documentsWhat are the criteria for a good qualitative analysis?Truth in social researchConclusion - finding appropriate methods for dealing with your dataFive things to remember about this chapterExample - The Body MultipleCausality in your research - or how deep should ontology go?IntroductionOntology and depthScience, method and causalityConstant conjunctionThe world is flatGoing deeperLevels of analysisConclusion - how deep do you need to go?Five things to remember about this chapterExample - Rogue Traders and financial lossesDealing With Time and Control - Or What Time Period Suits My Research, and How Do I Stop the World from Interfering in It?IntroductionHow does Social research deal with time?Phenomenology and process philosophy - researching the presentHistory and political science - researching the pastWhat time frame fits your research, and how does time affect what you can say?The openness (and closedness) of systemsA way around the problem of the experimental method - scale and samplingWhat are case studies for - an aid to generalisation or an analysis of power and expertise?Conclusion - time and control in social researchFive things to remember about this chapterExample - accounts of the financial crisisEthics - Or What Practices are Appropriate in my Research? 142IntroductionThe importance of ethics in researchThe official line - what bodies such as the ESRC have to sayQuestioning the official line - or is it even possible to follow all these ethical principles?The importance of balance and appropriateness in ethicsDifferent perspectives on ethicsConclusion - doing what's right and doing what's ethicalFive things to remember about this chapterExample - 'Teenagers telling sectarian stories'Writing Up Your Research - Or What Can I Say I've Found?IntroductionThe differences between description, analysis and argumentMaking an argument - what have you found out?The bases of good argumentsSupporting a conclusionOther concerns with argumentsDeductive and inductive argumentsStructuring a piece of writing to bring out your argumentConclusion - writing up research so that it is clear to you (and to everyone else)Five things to remember about this chapterWriting up reviews and putting together proposals - or can you provide some examples of all of this?IntroductionPutting together a literature reviewThe role of the literature reviewDoing a literature reviewExclusion and systematic reviewExclusion and realist reviewPutting together a research proposalConclusion - the skills of being a practising researcherFive things to remember about this chapterConclusion - Or Getting on with Social ResearchIntroductionOthers' claims as a basis for your own workDefining the job at handDesigning research that is appropriate for the job at handMixing methodsBeing careful with data and with ethicsWriting it all upConclusion - doing research wellExample - Ladbroke GroveFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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