| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : Doing empirical social science research / Eszter Hargittai -- Spit, sweat, and tears : gathering biological data in naturalistic settings / Emma K. Adam, Leah D. Doane, and Kathryn Mendelsohn -- Field experiments for studies of discrimination / Devah Pager -- Part of the community / Laura Clawson -- The challenges of in-depth interviewing with disadvantaged respondents / Joan Walling -- Online survey : instant publication, instant mistake, all of the above / Gina Walejko -- Herding cats online : real studies of virtual communities / Dmitri Williams and Li Xiong -- How technical is technology research? Acquiring and deploying technical knowledge in social research projects / Christian Sandvig -- On unexpected events : navigating the sudden research opportunity of 9/11 / Karen Albright -- WAT R U DOIN? Studying the thumb generation using text messaging / Eszter Hargittai and Chris Karr -- Giving mega attention to macro research : the rewards and challenges of quantitative cross-national data collection and analysis / Nina Bandelj -- Secondary analysis of large social surveys / Jeremy Freese -- Doing archival research : how to find a needle in a haystack / Jason Gallo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Fieldwork.
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Social scientists -- Attitudes
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Fieldwork
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Social sciences -- Research
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Social scientists -- Attitudes
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Forschung
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Sozialwissenschaften
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hargittai, Eszter, 1973-
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| ISBN |
9780472026531 |
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0472026534 |
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