Basic research methods : an entry to social science research

By:

Guthrie, Gerard

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sage New Delhi 2012Edition: -Description: xviii,221 p. 24 cm; PbkISBN:

978-8132104575

Subject(s):

Research Methodology Social sciences--Research--Methodology

DDC classification:

300.72 GUT

Contents:

Preface PART ONE: THE PROBLEM Approaches to Research Research Ethics Research Proposal and Literature Review Research Methodology PART TWO: DATA COLLECTION Sampling Case Study Method Survey Method / Experimental Method Available Data Observation Interviews Questionnaires Tests PART THREE: DATA ANALYSIS Measurement Principles Qualitative Data Quantitative Data PART FOUR: ACTION Social Science English The Report Using the Results Glossary

Summary: This book offers a comprehensive and rounded view of research as a tool for logical problem-solving. It is built on the philosophical-pragmatic foundation that the value of knowledge and research methodologies lies in their usefulness in engaging with the real world. Synthesizing both positivist and non-positivist methodologies,this bookis for students who are undertaking their first social science research course or their first research project. The techniques are basic ones, but many masters and doctoral research studies use them. From an experiential base, students would be able to build a more advanced conceptual and theoretical understanding of research through further reading and practice.

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Preface
PART ONE: THE PROBLEM
Approaches to Research
Research Ethics
Research Proposal and Literature Review
Research Methodology
PART TWO: DATA COLLECTION
Sampling
Case Study Method
Survey Method / Experimental Method
Available Data
Observation
Interviews
Questionnaires
Tests
PART THREE: DATA ANALYSIS
Measurement Principles
Qualitative Data
Quantitative Data
PART FOUR: ACTION
Social Science English
The Report
Using the Results
Glossary

This book offers a comprehensive and rounded view of research as a tool for logical problem-solving. It is built on the philosophical-pragmatic foundation that the value of knowledge and research methodologies lies in their usefulness in engaging with the real world. Synthesizing both positivist and non-positivist methodologies,this bookis for students who are undertaking their first social science research course or their first research project. The techniques are basic ones, but many masters and doctoral research studies use them. From an experiential base, students would be able to build a more advanced conceptual and theoretical understanding of research through further reading and practice.

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