Case Study Method
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
A guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research.
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Planning Applied Research Design
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Reveals the pitfalls and suggest strategies to overcome problems in the design and planning of applied research. With a focus on how to refine research questions as real world events force deviations from the original research plan, this guide discusses how to study and monitor programme implementation and statistical power analysis.
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The Landscape of Qualitative Research
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
In this volume the contributors locate the field, providing historical context and background on applied qualitative research, the 'self' and the 'other', and the politics and ethics of qualitative inquiry.
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Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry
Publisher: Sage Publications
After a survey by the editors of the major strategies employed by the qualitative researcher, the contributors lead the reader through the research design process to consider the range of methods which can be used in any study.
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Introducing Social Networks
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
This introduction to the study of social networks combines a hands-on manual with an up-to-date review of research and techniques. The authors provide a grounding in the application of methods, an understanding of theory and a summary of the concepts needed for more advanced techniques.
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Postmodernism and Social Research
Publisher: Open University Press
Integrates philosophical and theoretical ideas with fieldwork and supports the development of research methods. This book presents the postmodern themes, evaluates the postmodernist thinking, and develops ideas on how a selective incorporation of postmodernism can make social research conscious about problems and creative in working with data.
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How to Find Information
Publisher: Open University Press
What's the best way to find the information I need for my thesis/dissertation/project? How do I evaluate the relevance and quality of the information? How can I keep up to date in my subject?This book enables researchers to become expert at tracking down, accessing and evaluating information.
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Cross-Cultural Case Study
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
This volume is one of a series of research annuals on qualitative research designed to take up issues and debates in this area that relate to methodology, the relationship between data collection and data analysis, and other topics.
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Practical Social Investigation
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
'Practical Social Investigation' provides an introduction to a range of both long-standing and newer social research methods. Its balanced and integrated coverage of qualitative and quantitative approaches demonstrates that they can be complementary. Numerous examples based on real research studies illustrate key issues.
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Constructing Effective Questionnaires
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
A guide to survey research.
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