Title Research training for social scientists : a handbook for postgraduate researchers / edited by Dawn Burton

Published London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2000

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Description xv, 503 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents Foreword / Robert G. Burgess -- 1. Philosophy of Science and its Relevance for the Social Sciences / Peter K. Smith -- 2. Questions of Hermeneutics: Beyond Empiricism and Post-modernism / Nick Stevenson -- 3. Feminist Methodologies for Social Researching / Sue Webb -- 4. Race and Racism / Peter Jackson -- 5. Ethical Principles / Gerry Kent -- 6. The Power of Research / Iain Crow -- 7. Informed Consent / Gerry Kent -- 8. Can the Law Prescribe an Ethical Framework for Social Science Research? / D. M. R. Townend -- 9. Ethics in the Field / Anne Celnick -- 10. How does Substantive Law Currently Regulate Social Science Research? / D. M. R. Townend -- 11. Using Literature to Support Research / Dawn Burton -- 12. Theory and Method in Qualitative Research / Simon Holdaway -- 13. Participatory Research as Emancipatory Method: Challenges and Opportunities / Wanda Thomas Bernard -- 14. The Use of Focus Groups in Social Science Research / Caroline Oates -- 15. Qualitative Interviewing / Matt Stroh -- 16. The Use of Case Studies in Social Science Research / Dawn Burton -- 17. Computers and Qualitative Data Analysis: To Use or Not to Use ...? / Matt Stroh -- 18. Writing up Qualitative Data / Peter Jackson -- 19. Using NUD IST Version 4: A Hands-on Lesson / Matt Stroh -- 20. Design Issues in Survey Research / Dawn Burton -- 21. Sampling Strategies in Survey Research / Dawn Burton -- 22. Data Collection Issues in Survey Research / Dawn Burton -- 23. Questionnaire Design / Dawn Burton -- 24. Secondary Data Analysis / Dawn Burton -- 25. Descriptive Statistics / Vernon Gayle -- 26. Inferential Statistics / Vernon Gayle -- 27. Getting Started / Vernon Gayle -- 28. Writing a Thesis / Dawn Burton -- 29. Presentation Skills / H. Doug Watts and Paul White -- 30. Getting Published / H. Doug Watts and Paul White.P Summary Based on the research training requirements of UK Economic and Social Research Council postgraduate training, this is an introduction for beginning researchers to the core conceptual and practical skills required for successful research Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-497) and index Notes Also available online Subject Social sciences -- Research. Education, Continuing [MESH] Education, Continuing. Research [MESH] Research. Social Sciences [MESH] Social Sciences. Author Burton, Dawn, 1961- LC no. 00703243 ISBN 0761963502 0761963510 (paperback)

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