Practical social research : project work in the community / David Hall and Irene Hall.
By: Hall, David J
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Contributor(s): Hall, Irene M.
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BookPublisher: London : MacMillan, 1996Description: xvi, 305 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0333606744 ; 0333606736 .Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research | Social sciences -- Methodology | Sociology -- ResearchDDC classification: 300.72 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 300.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 12/01/2023 | 00075953 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Practical Social Research is a working guide to doing 'real life' research in the local community. Based on the authors' own practice, it proposes a partnership between students and community organisations that both meets community needs and develops students' research skills. The book provides detailed coverage of the 'scientific', ethnographic and feminist traditions in social research data collection and analysis, together with information on how to go about negotiating viable projects, developing personal transferable skills, and presenting and assessing reports.
Bibliography: (pages 288-296) and index.
Introduction and acknowledgements -- Part I -- Philosophy and practice of applied social research -- Issues in methodology -- Negotiating an agreement -- From agreement to research brief -- Part II -- Producing data: the questionnaire -- Data analysis: the questionnaire -- Recording data: ethnography -- Analysing ethnographic data -- Documentary and other sources -- Part III -- Presenting the client report -- Presenting the methodology or reflexive report.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
DAVID HALL and IRENE HALL both gained MA degrees in sociology from the University of Manchester. From there they moved to Swansea, where David Hall worked at the Medical Sociology Research Centre, gaining his PhD, and Irene Hall was a Research Fellow for the Community Development Project in the South Wales Valleys. Now living on the Wirral, they both work in Liverpool, teaching and researching at the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education respectively.
DAVID HALL and IRENE HALL both gained MA degrees in sociology from the University of Manchester. From there they moved to Swansea, where David Hall worked at the Medical Sociology Research Centre, gaining his PhD, and Irene Hall was a Research Fellow for the Community Development Project in the South Wales Valleys. Now living on the Wirral, they both work in Liverpool, teaching and researching at the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education respectively.