The SAGE Handbook of Social Research MethodsPertti Alasuutari, Leonard Bickman, Julia Brannen The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods is a must for every social-science researcher. It charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodology, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods in one volume. The Handbook includes chapters on each phase of the research process: research design, methods of data collection, and the processes of analyzing and interpreting data. The volume maintains that there is much more to research than learning skills and techniques; methodology involves the fit between theory, research questions research design and analysis. The book also includes several chapters that describe historical and current directions in social research, debating crucial subjects such as qualitative versus quantitative paradigms, how to judge the credibility of types of research, and the increasingly topical issue of research ethics. The Handbook serves as an invaluable resource for approaching research with an open mind. This volume maps the field of social research methods using an approach that will prove valuable for both students and researchers. |
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5 Ethnography and Audience | 54 |
6 Social Research and Social Practice in PostPositivist Society | 68 |
7 From Questions of Methods to Epistemological Issues | 81 |
19 Qualitative Interviewing and Feminist Research | 328 |
20 Biographical Methods | 344 |
21 Focus Groups | 357 |
PART IV Types of Analysis and Interpretation of Evidence | 371 |
22 An Introduction to the Multilevel Model for Change | 377 |
23 Latent Variable Models of Social Research Data | 395 |
24 Equating Groups | 414 |
25 Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis | 431 |
8 Research Ethics in Social Science | 95 |
PART II Research Designs | 111 |
9 The Core Analytics of Randomized Experiments for Social Research | 115 |
10 Better QuasiExperimental Practice | 134 |
11 Sample Size Planning with Applications to Multiple Regression | 166 |
12 Reconceptualizing Generalization | 193 |
13 Case Study in Social Research | 214 |
14 Longitudinal and Panel Studies | 228 |
15 Comparative and CrossNational Designs | 249 |
PART III Data Collection and Fieldwork | 265 |
16 Modern Measurement in the Social Sciences | 269 |
17 Natural and Contrived Data | 290 |
18 SelfAdministered Questionnaires and Standardized Interviews | 313 |
26 Analyzing Narratives and StoryTelling | 447 |
27 Reconstructing Grounded Theory | 461 |
28 Documents and Action | 479 |
29 Video and the Analysis of Work and Interaction | 493 |
30 Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data | 506 |
31 Secondary Analysis of Quantitative Data Sources | 520 |
32 Conducting a MetaAnalysis | 536 |
Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data | 555 |
34 The Analytic Integration of Qualitative Data Sources | 572 |
35 Combining Different Types of Data for Quantitative Analysis | 585 |
36 Writing and Presenting Social Research | 602 |
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