An end to the crisis of empirical sociology? : trends and challenges in social research
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An end to the crisis of empirical sociology? : trends and challenges in social research
（Sociological futures）
Routledge, 2016
- : hbk
Available at 6 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Research data are everywhere. In our everyday interactions, through social media, credit cards and even public transport, we generate and use data. The challenge for sociologists is how to collect, analyse and make best use of these vast arrays of information.
The chapters in this book address these challenges using varied perspectives and approaches:
The economics of big data and measuring the trajectories of recently arrived communities
Social media and social research
Researching 'elites', social class and 'race' across space and place
Innovations in qualitative research and use of extended case studies
Developing mixed method approaches and social network analysis
Feminist quantitative methodology
Teaching quantitative methods
The book provides up to date and accessible material of interest to diverse audiences, including students and teachers of research design and methods, as well as policy analysis and social media.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Linda McKie and Louise Ryan Part I: Big Data, Big Issues 1. Big Data Economies and Ecologies, Evelyn Ruppert 2. Minority Communities in Britain: Pathways to success as revealed by big data, Richard Webber and Trevor Phillips 3. Digging Deeper: Big data, elites and investigative research, David Miller and William Dinan 4. 'Studying Up' in the Era of Big Data, Roger Burrows 5. Critically Engaging with Social Media Research Methods, Dhiraj Murthy Part II: Mixing Methods: Research and teaching 6. Explanation and Empirical Social Research: Getting beyond description whilst still making it interesting!, David Byrne 7. Towards a Quantitative Feminist Methodology: The Possibilities of a methodological oxymoron, Rachel Cohen 8. Beyond the Interview: Ethnicity/'Race' in sociological research, Annabel Tremlett and Roxy Harris 9. Social Network Analysis: A mixed method approach, Alessio D'Angelo and Louise Ryan 10. Making Sociology Count: Some evidence and context in the teaching of quantitative methods in the UK, Malcolm Williams, Geoff Payne and Luke Sloane Epilogue: From the 'Coming Crisis' to the 'Green Shoots of Recovery'?, Mike Savage
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