Finding your social science project : the research sandbox
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Finding your social science project : the research sandbox
(Strategies for social inquiry)
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-331) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The most important step in social science research is the first step - finding a topic. Unfortunately, little guidance on this crucial and difficult challenge is available. Methodological studies and courses tend to focus on theory testing rather than theory generation. This book aims to redress that imbalance. The first part of the book offers an overview of the book's central concerns. How do social scientists arrive at ideas for their work? What are the different ways in which a study can contribute to knowledge in a field? The second part of the book offers suggestions about how to think creatively, including general strategies for finding a topic and heuristics for discovery. The third part of the book shows how data exploration may assist in generating theories and hypotheses. The fourth part of the book offers suggestions about how to fashion disparate ideas into a theory.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 2. Current practices John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 3. Contributions to knowledge John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 4. Strategies John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 5. Heuristics John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 6. Case selection John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 7. Soaking and poking John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 8. Theoretical frameworks John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 9. Explanatory challenges John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 10. Tools and tips for theorizing John Gerring, Jason Seawright
- 11. From exploration to testing John Gerring, Jason Seawright.
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