Researching social life / edited by Nigel Gilbert.
Contributor(s): Gilbert, G. Nigel
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BookPublisher: London ; Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, 1993Description: xiv, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0803986815 ; 0803986823 .Subject(s): Sociology -- ResearchDDC classification: 301.072 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This comprehensive and authoritative introductory student textbook covers the most widely used methods of social research, both quantitative and qualitative, emphasizing the connections between these forms of research and their theoretical underpinnings. The contributors draw from their own extensive research experience to illustrate the practical advice offered. A number of research projects are described in detail to illustrate methodological issues covered in the book.
Researching Social Life outlines the main ways in which data are gathered, collated, managed and analyzed. It describes a range of ways to analyze data, such as survey methods, ethnography, documentary research, the secondary analysis of survey data as well as discourse and conversation analysis. The links between data, critical understanding and theory are highlighted throughout and ideas for student projects are provided.
Bibliography: (pages 345-356) and index.
Social research and sociology / Martin O'Brien -- Research, theory and method / Nigel Gilbert -- The research process / Sara Arber -- I: Beginnings -- Gaining access / Michael Hornsby-Smith -- Designing samples / Sara Arber -- II: Into the field -- Questionnaires / Rosemarie Newell -- Measuring attitudes / Michael Procter -- Qualitative interviewing / Nigel Fielding -- Ethnography / Nigel Fielding -- Exemplar A becoming a carer / Patricia Taraborrelli -- Using documents / Keith Macdonald and Colin Tipton -- Exemplar B building respectability / Keith Macdonald -- III: Back home -- Coding and managing data / Jane Fielding -- Analysing survey data / Michael Procter -- Analysing other researchers' data / Michael Procter -- Exemplar C No jam tomorrow: why women are disadvantaged in occupational pensions / Jay Ginn -- Analysing accounts / Robin Wooffitt -- Explicating face-to-face interaction / Christian Heath and Paul Luff -- IV: Endings -- Writing about social research / Nigel Gilbert.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- Social Research and Sociology
- Research, Theory and Method
- The Research Process
- Beginnings
- Gaining Access
- Designing Samples
- Into The Field
- Questionnaires
- Measuring Attitudes
- Qualitative Interviewing
- Ethnography
- Exemplar A
- Becoming a Carer
- Using Documents
- Exemplar B
- Building Respectability
- Back Home
- Coding and Managing Data
- Analyzing Survey Data
- Analyzing Other Researchers' Data
- Exemplar C
- No Jam Tomorrow
- Why Women are Disadvantaged in Occupational Pensions
- Analyzing Accounts
- Explicating Face-to-Face Interaction
- Endings
- Writing About Social Research