Researching social life / 
edited by Nigel Gilbert. 
 - London ;  Newbury Park, Calif. :  Sage,  1993. 
 - xiv, 366 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: (pages 345-356) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803986815  0803986823  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>92056768 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology--Research.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.072