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Introducing Social Research Methods Essentials for Getting the Edge.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ruane, Janet M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- Introducing Social Research Methods -- About the Website -- Contents -- Chapter 1 How Do We Know What We Know? Science as a Superior Way of Knowing -- FIRST TAKES -- The Competition: Non-Scientific Ways of Knowing -- Time-Based Knowing -- Traditional Knowledge -- Credential-Based Knowing -- Authoritative Knowledge -- More Risky Knowledge Sources -- Common Sense and Intuition -- More Reasonable and Tangible Ways of Knowing: Rationalism and Empiricism -- Science -- Providing an Accuracy Edge -- Science as a Trustworthy Way of Knowing -- Science is a Distinctive Way of Knowing 
505 8 |a Empirical evidence -- Systematic, Methodical Rules -- Commitment to Causal Analysis -- Replication -- Science is a Public Endeavor -- Tentative -- Science as an Exercise in Skepticism -- Using Research Methods to Become Critical Consumers of Information -- TAKE AWAYS -- Sharpening the Edge: More Reading and Searching -- Exercises -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 The Language of Science and Research: Learning to Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk -- FIRST TAKES -- Units of Analysis -- Variables -- The Nuanced Language of Variables -- Data -- Correlations -- The Causal Relationship 
505 8 |a Styles of Research -- The Quantitative/Qualitative Difference -- The Inductive/Deductive Distinction -- Goals of Research -- Some Perfectly Valid Points -- Talking the Talk -- TAKE AWAYS -- Sharpening the Edge: More Reading and Searching -- Exercises -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Ethics: It's the Right Thing To Do -- FIRST TAKES -- Putting Ethics in Historical Context -- Research Should Not Cause Harm to Subjects -- Researchers Should Obtain the Informed Consent of Subjects -- Competence -- Voluntarism -- Full information -- Comprehension -- Researchers Should Respect Subjects' Privacy 
505 8 |a Sensitivity of Information -- Research Setting -- Disseminating Research Findings -- Researchers Should Avoid Conflicts of Interest -- Reinforcing the Ethical Route: Institutional Review Boards -- Ethical Fusion -- TAKE AWAYS -- Sharpening the Edge: More Reading and Searching -- Exercises -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Designing Ideas: What Do We Want to Know and How Can We Get There? -- FIRST TAKES -- The Research Plan -- Coming up with the Right Question -- Reviewing the Literature -- The Case and Place for Theory -- The Placement of Theory in the Research Process 
505 8 |a The Levels of Theory Guiding or Resulting from Research -- More Planning and Strategizing: Considering Questions and Timing -- What's the Question? Causal vs. Non-Causal Questions -- Causal Questions -- Non-Causal Questions -- Timing is Everything -- Cross-Sectional Research Designs -- Longitudinal Research Designs -- Fixed-Sample Panel Design -- Repeated Cross-Sectional Design -- Event-Based Designs -- Questions About the Process -- And Still More Planning -- Planning to Maximize Research Validity -- Measurement Validity -- Internal Validity -- External Validity -- Conclusions -- TAKE AWAYS 
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