Researching social life

Author(s)

• Gilbert, G. Nigel

Bibliographic Information

Researching social life

edited by Nigel Gilbert

Sage, 1993

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. p. [345]-356

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This comprehensive and authoritative introductory student textbook covers the most widely used methods of social research, both quantitative and qualitative, emphasizing the connections between these forms of research and their theoretical underpinnings. The contributors draw from their own extensive research experience to illustrate the practical advice offered. A number of research projects are described in detail to illustrate methodological issues covered in the book. Researching Social Life outlines the main ways in which data are gathered, collated, managed and analyzed. It describes a range of ways to analyze data, such as survey methods, ethnography, documentary research, the secondary analysis of survey data as well as discourse and conversation analysis. The links between data, critical understanding and theory are highlighted throughout and ideas for student projects are provided.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Nigel Gilbert Social Research and Sociology - Martin O'Brien Research, Theory and Method - Nigel Gilbert The Research Process - Sara Arber BEGINNINGS Gaining Access - Michael Hornsby-Smith Designing Samples - Sara Arber INTO THE FIELD Questionnaires - Rosemarie Newell Measuring Attitudes - Michael Procter Qualitative Interviewing - Nigel Fielding Ethnography - Nigel Fielding Exemplar A - Patricia Taraborrelli Becoming a Carer Using Documents - Keith Macdonald and Colin Tipton Exemplar B - Keith Macdonald Building Respectability BACK HOME Coding and Managing Data - Jane Fielding Analyzing Survey Data - Michael Procter Analyzing Other Researchers' Data - Michael Procter Exemplar C - Jay Ginn No Jam Tomorrow Why Women are Disadvantaged in Occupational Pensions Analyzing Accounts - Robin Wooffitt Explicating Face-to-Face Interaction - Christian Heath and Paul Luff ENDINGS Writing About Social Research - Nigel Gilbert

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Details

• NCID: BA19644487
• ISBN:
  • 0803986815
  • 0803986823
• LCCN: 92056768
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 366 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 301.072
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sociology -- Research