Researching social life /
Researching social life /
edited by Nigel Gilbert.
- 2nd ed.
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2001.
- xv, 406 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 345-356) e índice.
Social research and sociology / Martin O'Brien -- Research, theory and method / Nigel Gilbert -- The research process / Sara Arber -- Gaining access / Michael Hornsby-Smith -- Designing samples / Sara Arber -- Questionnaires / Rosemarie Newell -- Measuring attitudes / Michael Procter -- Qualitative interviewing ; Ethnogoraphy / Nigel Fielding -- Exemplar A : Becoming a carer / Patricia Taraborrelli -- Using documents / Keith Macdonald and Colin Tipton -- Exemplar B : Building respectability / Keith Macdonald -- Coding and managing data / Jane Fielding -- Analysing survey data ; 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 -- Writing about social research / Nigel Gilbert.
Covers methods of social research, both quantitative and qualitative. Research projects are described to illustrate the methodological issues covered. Tested student projects, annotated bibliographies and extensive cross-referencing aim to inspire readers to try out research for themselves.
0761972447 9780761972440 0761972455 (pbk) 9780761972457 (pbk)
Sociology--Methodology.
Sociología --Metodología
Sociology--Research.
Sociología --Investigación
HM 511 / R432 2001
301/.072
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 345-356) e índice.
Social research and sociology / Martin O'Brien -- Research, theory and method / Nigel Gilbert -- The research process / Sara Arber -- Gaining access / Michael Hornsby-Smith -- Designing samples / Sara Arber -- Questionnaires / Rosemarie Newell -- Measuring attitudes / Michael Procter -- Qualitative interviewing ; Ethnogoraphy / Nigel Fielding -- Exemplar A : Becoming a carer / Patricia Taraborrelli -- Using documents / Keith Macdonald and Colin Tipton -- Exemplar B : Building respectability / Keith Macdonald -- Coding and managing data / Jane Fielding -- Analysing survey data ; 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 -- Writing about social research / Nigel Gilbert.
Covers methods of social research, both quantitative and qualitative. Research projects are described to illustrate the methodological issues covered. Tested student projects, annotated bibliographies and extensive cross-referencing aim to inspire readers to try out research for themselves.
0761972447 9780761972440 0761972455 (pbk) 9780761972457 (pbk)
Sociology--Methodology.
Sociología --Metodología
Sociology--Research.
Sociología --Investigación
HM 511 / R432 2001
301/.072