Researching society and culture
Clive Seale (Editor)
Written by internationally renowned experts, the Fourth Edition provides a complete introduction to the research process making it the perfect hand-holder for any social science student starting a methods course or project.
1 online resource (xi, 648 pages)
9781473947160, 9781473947153, 9781526423085, 1473947162, 1473947154, 1526423081
1204684836
ebook version:
Chapter 1: Introduction and guide to using this book - Clive SealePart 1: Starting outChapter 2: Philosophy, politics and values - Clive SealeChapter 3: Research and theory - David SilvermanChapter 4: Ethics and social research - Suki Ali and Moira KellyChapter 5: Doing a literature review - Duncan Branley, Clive Seale and Thomas ZachariasChapter 6: Research questions and proposals - Moira KellyChapter 7: Research design - Clare Robinson and Clive SealeChapter 8: The dissertation - Chetan BhattPart 2: Generating dataChapter 9: Sampling - Clive SealeChapter 10: Questionnaires and interviews - Clive SealeChapter 11: Questions, measurements and structured observation - Clive SealeChapter 12: Qualitative interviewing - Bridget ByrneChapter 13: Focus groups - Fran TonkissChapter 14: Doing ethnography - David Walsh and Clive SealeChapter 15: Grounded theory - Clive SealeChapter 16: Doing historical and documentary research - Ben GidleyChapter 17: Combining qualitative and quantitative methods - Neil SpicerChapter 18: Digital Social Research - Clive SealePart 3: Doing AnalysisChapter 19: Preparing data for statistical analysis - Clive SealeChapter 20: Analysing single variables - Clive SealeChapter 21: Bivariate analysis - Clive SealeChapter 22: Causal arguments and multivariate analysis - Clive SealeChapter 23: Secondary analysis - Clive SealeChapter 24: Content and text analysis - Clive Seale and Fran TonkissChapter 25: Finding themes in qualitative data - Carol RivasChapter 26: Visual analysis - Suki AliChapter 27: Discourse analysis - Fran TonkissChapter 28: Analysing conversation - Tim RapleyChapter 29: Narrative analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis - Ann Griffin and Vanessa MayPart 4: Writing, Presenting, ReflectingChapter 30: Writing a research report - Carol RivasChapter 31: Giving oral presentations - David SilvermanChapter 32: Research quality - Clive Seale