Social Research Methods: A ReaderClive Seale Psychology Press, 2004 - 538 pages Bringing together many of the core classic and contemporary works in social and cultural research methods, this book gives students direct access to methodological debates and examples of practical research across the qualitative/quantitative divide. The book is designed to be used both as a collection of readings and as an introductory research methods book in its own right. Topics covered include:
Each section is preceded by a short introduction placing the readings in context. This reader-text also includes features such as discussion questions and practical exercises. |
Contents
PART SEVEN | 7 |
PART | 11 |
ON INTELLECTUAL CRAFTSMANSHIP | 19 |
PART | 27 |
Walter L Wallace | 35 |
POPPER AND FALSIFICATIONISM 43 | 43 |
Ray Pawson and Nick Tilley | 54 |
Barry Hedges | 63 |
Jenny Kitzinger | 269 |
PART NINE | 273 |
Ken Plummer | 282 |
Martyn Hammersley | 290 |
PART | 299 |
Graham R Gibbs | 307 |
David Silverman | 318 |
Anssi Peräkylä | 325 |
Sir Claus Moser and Graham Kalton | 73 |
Herbert H Hyman with William J Cobb Jacob | 88 |
A N Oppenheim | 96 |
Kim Sheehan and Mariea | 105 |
Ned Flanders | 111 |
Robert Philip Weber | 117 |
Ian Hacking | 125 |
K Jill Kiecolt and Laura E Nathan | 133 |
Angela Dale Sara Arber and Michael Procter | 136 |
Paul F Lazarsfeld | 149 |
Aaron V Cicourel | 166 |
R C Lewontin | 182 |
Paul Feyerabend | 195 |
the qualitative alternative | 207 |
Buford H Junker | 221 |
Clifford Geertz | 236 |
PART EIGHT | 253 |
PART ELEVEN | 331 |
William Leiss Stephen Kline and Sut Jhally | 341 |
Norman Fairclough and Ruth Wodak | 357 |
Catherine Kohler Riessman | 371 |
James Clifford | 384 |
Laurel Richardson | 401 |
Zygmunt Bauman | 413 |
Thomas A Schwandt | 432 |
British Sociological Association BSA and Council | 448 |
Mary Maynard | 465 |
Martyn Hammersley | 478 |
Paradigm disputes and resolutions | 487 |
John K Smith and Lous Heshusius | 499 |
Alan Bryman | 505 |
Maureen Cain and Janet Finch | 519 |
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