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1 online resource (xxvi, 254 pages) |
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Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core
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Machine generated contents note: 1. Archives -- past is another country / Robert Vitalis -- Bibliography on archives / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran -- 2. Case studies -- Case-based research / Andrew Schrank -- Bibliography on case studies / Sara R. Curran / Ellen Perecman -- 3. Ethnographic methods -- Ethnography : theory and methods / Alma Gottlieb -- Bibliography on ethnography / Sara R. Curran / Ellen Perecman -- 4. Oral histories -- Oral histories as methods and sources / Tamara Giles-Vernick -- Bibliography on oral history / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran -- 5. Focus groups -- Focus group interviews / Susan E. Short -- Bibliography on focus groups / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran -- 6. Surveys and secondary data sources -- Using survey data in social science research in developing countries / Albert Park -- Bibliography on surveys and secondary data sources / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran -- 7. Combining qualitative and quantitative tools -- Qualitative research : does it fit in economics? / Michael J. Piore -- Bibliography on study design and quantitative methods / Ellen Perecman / Sara R. Curran -- 8. Essentials for ethnography -- Ethnographic methods / Stevan Harrell -- 9. Essentials for the case study method -- case study and causal inference / Andrew Schrank -- 10. Essentials for research design -- In search of the Holy Grail : projects, proposals, and research design, but mostly about why writing a dissertation proposal is so difficult / Michael Watts -- 11. Research ethics are essential -- Ethical considerations for research in cross-cultural settings / Sara R. Curran -- 12. Maintaining perspective is essential -- Bringing it all back home : personal reflections on friends, findings, and fieldwork / Andrew Schrank |
| Summary |
This text contains a collection of essays and bibliographies providing both novice and experienced scholars with invaluable and accessible insights, as well as references to a select list of critical texts pertaining to a wide array of social science methods and practices useful when doing fieldwork |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Social sciences -- Fieldwork.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Methodology.
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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 -- Methodology
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Social sciences -- Research
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Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie.
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70.03 methods, techniques and organization of social science research.
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Feldforschung
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Empirische Sozialforschung
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Social science research.
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Methodology.
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Fieldwork.
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Samhällsvetenskaplig forskning.
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Samhällsvetenskap -- fältarbete.
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Samhällsvetenskap -- metodik.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks (form)
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Perecman, Ellen, editor.
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Curran, Sara R., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781441628282 |
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1441628282 |
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9781412973427 |
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1412973422 |
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9781412983211 |
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1412983215 |
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