Research Methods for the Social Sciences: An Introduction
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- Accessibility Statement
- About This Book
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Research Methods
- Chapter 2: Ethics in Research
- Chapter 3: Developing a Research Question
- Chapter 4: Measurement and Units of Analysis
- Chapter 5: The Literature Review
- Chapter 6: Data Collection Strategies
- Chapter 7: Sampling Techniques
- Chapter 8: Data Collection Methods: Survey Research
- Chapter 9: Analysis Of Survey Data
- Chapter 10: Qualitative Data Collection & Analysis Methods
- Chapter 11: Quantitative Interview Techniques & Considerations
- Chapter 12: Field Research: A Qualitative Research Technique
- Chapter 13: Unobtrusive Research: Qualitative And Quantitative Approaches
- Chapter 14: The Research Proposal
- Chapter 15: Sharing Your Research
- Chapter 16: Reading and Understanding Social Research
- Chapter 17: Research Methods in the Real World
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This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any course on research methods.
The contents and examples are designed for anyone interested in behavioral research (not just information systems people), and so, the book should appeal to most business programs, social sciences, education, public health, and related disciplines.
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Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive yet compact A-Z for undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking qualitative and quantitative research across the social sciences, featuring 71 entries that cover a wide range of concepts, methods, and theories.
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Chava Frankfort-Nachmias is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. David Nachmias is a Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and holds the Romulo Betancourt Chair in Political Science at Tel Aviv University. Jack DeWaard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Graduate Faculty in Population Studies in the Minnesota Population Center at University of Minnesota.
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This book is designed to introduce students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This text will introduce you to the fascinating and important study of the methods of inquiry in the Social Sciences. You will learn both the logic behind – and the procedures for – a wide variety of research methods, including correlational and experimental designs. If you are the curious type, and if you like to think rationally, I believe you will enjoy this course.
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Table of contents (127 entries)
Front matter, traditional research methods in health and social sciences, traditional research methods in health and social sciences: an introduction.
Pranee Liamputtong
Qualitative Inquiry
Quantitative research.
- Leigh A. Wilson
The Nature of Mixed Methods Research
- Cara Meixner, John D. Hathcoat
Recruitment of Research Participants
- Narendar Manohar, Freya MacMillan, Genevieve Z. Steiner, Amit Arora
Ontology and Epistemology
- John D. Hathcoat, Cara Meixner, Mark C. Nicholas
Social Constructionism
Critical theory: epistemological content and method.
- Anastasia Marinopoulou
Positivism and Realism
- Priya Khanna
Symbolic Interactionism as a Methodological Framework
- Michael J. Carter, Andrea Montes Alvarado
Hermeneutics: A Boon for Cross-Disciplinary Research
- Suzanne D’Souza
Feminism and Healthcare: Toward a Feminist Pragmatist Model of Healthcare Provision
- Claudia Gillberg, Geoffrey Jones
Critical Ethnography in Public Health: Politicizing Culture and Politicizing Methodology
Empathy as research methodology, indigenist and decolonizing research methodology.
- Elizabeth F. Rix, Shawn Wilson, Norm Sheehan, Nicole Tujague
Ethnomethodology
- Rona Pillay
Community-Based Participatory Action Research
- Elena Wilson
Grounded Theory Methodology: Principles and Practices
- Linda Liska Belgrave, Kapriskie Seide
- Research methods
- Social Science
- Traditional research methods
- Innovative research methods
- Cross-cultural research
- Researching sensitive topics
About this book
Research is defined by the Australian Research Council as “the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings”. Research is thus the foundation for knowledge. It produces evidence and informs actions that can provide wider benefit to a society. The knowledge that researchers cultivate from a piece of research can be adopted for social and health programs that can improve the health and well-being of the individuals, their communities and the societies in which they live. As we have witnessed in all corners of the globe, research has become an endeavor that most of us in the health and social sciences cannot avoid. This Handbook is conceived to provide the foundation to readers who wish to embark on a research project in order to form knowledge that they need. The Handbook comprises four main sections: Traditional research methods sciences; Innovative research methods; Doing cross-cultural research; and Sensitive research methodology and approach. This Handbook attests to the diversity and richness of research methods in the health and social sciences. It will benefit many readers, particularly students and researchers who undertake research in health and social science areas. It is also valuable for the training needs of postgraduate students who wish to undertake research in cross-cultural settings, with special groups of people, as it provides essential knowledge not only on the methods of data collection but also salient issues that they need to know if they wish to succeed in their research endeavors.
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Book Title : Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences
Editors : Pranee Liamputtong
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5251-4
Publisher : Springer Singapore
eBook Packages : Social Sciences , Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences , Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information : Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN : 978-981-10-5250-7 Published: 25 February 2019
eBook ISBN : 978-981-10-5251-4 Published: 12 January 2019
Edition Number : 1
Number of Pages : LIX, 2248
Number of Illustrations : 70 b/w illustrations, 122 illustrations in colour
Topics : Methodology of the Social Sciences , Philosophy of the Social Sciences , Sociological Theory , Theory of Medicine/Bioethics , Ethics
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This book is designed to introduce doctoral and postgraduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioural research, and can serve as a standalone text or as a supplement to research readings in any ...
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4. Assessing Validity in Social Research 42 Martyn Hammersley 5. Ethnography andAudience 54 Karen Armstrong 6. Social Research and Social Practice in Post-Positivist Society 68 Pekka Sulkunen 7. From Questions of Methods to Epistemological Issues: The Case of Biographical Research 81 Ann Nilsen 8. Research Ethics in Social Science 95
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