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A handbook for social science field research : essays & bibliographic sources on research design and methods /

This text contains a collection of essays and bibliographies providing both novice and experienced scholars with invaluable and accessible insights, as well as references to a select list of critical texts pertaining to a wide array of social science methods and practices useful when doing fieldwork...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Perecman, Ellen (Editor ), Curran, Sara R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2006.
Colección:Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Archives
  • past is another country / Robert Vitalis
  • Bibliography on archives / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran
  • 2. Case studies
  • Case-based research / Andrew Schrank
  • Bibliography on case studies / Sara R. Curran / Ellen Perecman
  • 3. Ethnographic methods
  • Ethnography : theory and methods / Alma Gottlieb
  • Bibliography on ethnography / Sara R. Curran / Ellen Perecman
  • 4. Oral histories
  • Oral histories as methods and sources / Tamara Giles-Vernick
  • Bibliography on oral history / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran
  • 5. Focus groups
  • Focus group interviews / Susan E. Short
  • Bibliography on focus groups / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran
  • 6. Surveys and secondary data sources
  • Using survey data in social science research in developing countries / Albert Park
  • Bibliography on surveys and secondary data sources / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran
  • 7. Combining qualitative and quantitative tools
  • Qualitative research : does it fit in economics? / Michael J. Piore
  • Bibliography on study design and quantitative methods / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran
  • 8. Essentials for ethnography
  • Ethnographic methods / Stevan Harrell
  • 9. Essentials for the case study method
  • case study and causal inference / Andrew Schrank
  • 10. Essentials for research design
  • In search of the Holy Grail : projects, proposals, and research design, but mostly about why writing a dissertation proposal is so difficult / Michael Watts
  • 11. Research ethics are essential
  • Ethical considerations for research in cross-cultural settings / Sara R. Curran
  • 12. Maintaining perspective is essential
  • Bringing it all back home : personal reflections on friends, findings, and fieldwork / Andrew Schrank.