The SAGE handbook of innovation in social research methods /
Innovation in social research methods
edited by Malcolm Williams and W. Paul Vogt.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011.
- xix, 638 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The social context of research. Introduction / Objectivity : a reconceptualisation / Setting up sociological research / Feminist methodology / What is an effect? Coming at causality backwards / Design and data collection. Introduction / Narratives of the future : complexity, time and temporality / Mapping pathways / Correspondence analysis : a case for methodological pluralism? / Case-oriented theory building and theory testing / Investigating human communication and language from traces left on the web / Innovative qualitative data collection techniques for conducting literature reviews/research syntheses / Grounded theory / Back to Likert : towards the conversational survey / Mixed methods for construct validation / Researching with peer/community researchers : ambivalences and tensions / Innovations in program evaluation : comparative case studies as an alternative to RCTs / Integrating the analysis of new data types. Introduction / Advances in combining regression results in meta-analysis / Toward a new era for conducting mixed analyses : the role of quantitative dominant and qualitative dominant crossover mixed analyses / Optimal matching analysis / Quantitative narrative analysis / Lexicographic index : a new measurement of resemblance among sequences / Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis / Sampling, inference and measurement. Introduction / Respondent-driven sampling : operational procedures, evolution of estimators, and topics for future research / Analysing longitudinal studies with non-response : issues and statistical methods / Statistical inference for causal effects, with emphasis on applications in psychometrics and education / Automatic item generation : an innovation for developing complex cognitive tests / Convergence of structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling / Hierarchical linear and structural equation modeling approaches to mediation analysis in randomized field experiments / Malcolm Williams and W. Paul Vogt -- Martyn Hammersley -- Geoff Payne -- Gayle Letherby -- David Byrne -- Malcolm Williams and W. Paul Vogt -- Emma Uprichard -- Wendy Dyer -- Ian Rees-Jones -- Charles C. Ragin and Garrett Andrew Schneider -- Mike Thelwall -- Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Nancy L. Leech and Kathleen M.T. Collins -- Antony Bryant and Kathy Charmaz -- Giampietro Gobo -- John H. Hitchcock and Bonnie K. Nastasi -- Rosalind Edwards and Claire Alexander -- W. Paul Vogt [and others] -- Malcolm Williams and W. Paul Vogt -- Ariel M. Aloe and Betsy Jane Becker -- Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Nancy L. Leech and Kathleen M.T. Collins -- Peter Martin and Richard D. Wiggins -- Roberto Franzosi -- Ivano Bison -- Elizabeth Griffiths -- W. Paul Vogt and Malcolm Williams -- Cyprian Wejnert and Douglas Heckathorn -- James Carpenter and Ian Plewis -- Donald B. Rubin -- Susan E. Embretson and Heather H. McIntyre -- Rex B. Kline -- Keenan Pituch and Laura Stapleton. pt. 1. pt. 2. pt. 3. pt. 4.
"Social Research is a bourgeoning field. Of course it has many traditions and approaches, but there is a high premium upon thinking differently and thinking anew because social life is never static or wholly predictable. This Handbook, edited by internationally recognized scholars in the field, provides a comprehensive, pitch perfect critical assessment of the field. The main features of the Handbook are: Clear organization into 4 parts dealing with The Social Context of Research; Design and Data Collection; Integrating The Analysis of New Data Types; Sampling, Inference and Measurement ; Clear, cutting edge chapters on Objectivity; Effects; Organizing Social Research; Correspondence Analysis; Grounded Theory; Conversational Surveys; Mixed Methods; Regression Analysis; Optimal Matching Analysis; GIS Analysis; Quantitative Narrative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Equation Modeling ; Brings together a glittering assembly of the key figures working in the field of Methods today ; Demonstrates the continuities and productive tensions between classical traditions and real world research today. The result is a superbly organized text which will be required reading for anyone interested in the routes and future of social research. It is an unparalleled teaching resource and a 'must have' for serious social researchers."--Publisher's website.
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