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Somekh, Bridget & Lewin, Cathy: REASERCH METHODS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, New Delhi Sage Publications 2005
ISBN: 8178294931 Very Good

392pp This comprehensive and wide-ranging volume brings together the experience of leading researchers from across the social science disciplines. It discusses the process of social research, its design, its sponsorship, its funding, the role of the researcher, and the ethical issues with which she/he must engage. It also addresses the major theories relating to research methods and examines the different types of social research ranging from those of a fundamental kind to more applied and policy-focused work.The 'stories from the field' are narrative accounts of research studies, which explore how the research design and methods were shaped by the methodology, discuss problematic issues, and reflect on how knowledge and understanding were developed. The unique features of this book include:, emphasis on how research is actually done, implications for research design in every chapter, insider's view in the 'stories from the field' , wide coverage of qualitative methods including postmodernist perspectives, two substantial sections on quantitative methods Illustarting major advances in social science research, this volume addresses some of the key challenges for researchers and teachers in the 21st century. It will also serve as an essential text for postgraduate students and first-time researchers. CONTENTS: Preface / Introduction / I. RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: BRIDGET SOMEKH, ERICA BURMAN, SARA DELAMONT, JULIENNE MEYER, MALCOLM PAYNE and RICHARD THORPE / II. LISTENING, EXPLORING THE CASE AND THEORIZING: Ethnography JULIET GOLDBART and DAVID HUSTLER / Research Diaries HERBERT ALTRICHTER and MARY LOUISE HOLLY / Case Study SHEILA STARK and HARRY TORRANCE / Interviewing and Focus Groups ROSALINE S BARBOUR and JOHN SCHOSTAK / Grounded Theory JULIET CORBIN and NICHOLAS L HOLT / Ethical Responsibility in Social Research HEATHER PIPER and HELEN SIMONS / III. RESEARCHING FOR IMPACT: Feminist Methodologies DIANE BURNS and MELANIE WALKER / Critical Theories of Race LAURENCE PARKER and LORNA ROBERTS / Queer Theory/Lesbian and Gay Approaches GLORIA FILAX, DENNIS SUMARA, BRENT DAVIS and DEBRA SHOGAN / Action Research SUSAN NOFFKE and BRIDGET SOMEKH / Researching Policy JILL BLACKMORE and HUGH LAUDER / The Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations TINEKE ABMA and THOMAS A SCHWANDT / IV. OBSERVING, QUERYING, INTERPRETING: Philosophy and Hermeneutics DAVID HEYWOOD and IAN STRONACH / Phenomenology ANGIE TITCHEN and DAWN HOBSON / Naturalistic Inquiry NIGEL NORRIS and ROB WALKER / Observation LIZ JONES and BRIDGET SOMEKH / Discourse Analysis JULIA GILLEN and ALAN PETERSEN / V: READING AND REPRESENTING SOCIO-CULTURAL MEANINGS: Life History and Narrative Approaches GEOFF SHACKLOCK and LAURIE THORP / Semiotic Approaches to Image-based Research TERRY CARSON, MATTHEW PEARSON, INGRID JOHNSTON, JYOTI MANGAT, JENNIFER TUPPER and TERRY WARBURTON / Social Semiotics and Multimodal Texts GUNTHER KRESS and DIANE MAVERS / Communities of Practice DAVID BENZIE, DIANE MAVERS, BRIDGET SOMEKH and EDITH J CISNEROS-COHERNOUR / Activity Theory INES LANGEMEYER and MORTEN NISSEN / VI. SAMPLING, CLASSIFYING AND QUANTIFYING: The Foundations of Experimental/Empirical Research Methods DEAN GARRATT and YAOJUN LI / The Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Science Research CHARLES CROOK and DEAN GARRATT / Elementary Quantitative Methods CATHY LEWIN / An Introduction to Inferential Statistics: Testing for Differences and Relationships SALLY BARNES and CATHY LEWIN / An Introduction to Statistical Modelling KELVYN JONES / VII. QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ACTION: Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting KELVYN JONES / Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress W J PELGRUM / Capturing Complexity through Maturity Modelling JEAN UNDERWOOD and GAYLE DILLON / Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School JOHN AINLEY / Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology BRIA Soft Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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