Research Design : Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences /: Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Gorard.
• Authors: Gorard, Stephen
• Contents: PART ONE: INTRODUCTION - 'DESIGN' AS DISTINCT FROM METHODS; What Is Research Design?; Introducing Designs in the Cycle of Research; PART TWO: THE PRELIMINARIES OF RESEARCH DESIGN; Identifying Researchable Questions; Warranting Research Claims; The Nature of Causal Claims; PART THREE: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER; Identifying the Sample or Cases; Comparing for Comparative Claims; Matters of Timing and Sequence; Evaluating Controlled Interventions; PART FOUR: MORE ADVANCED CONSIDERATIONS; Further Designs for Evaluation; Challenges for Validity; How Big Is a Difference?; A Second Principle of Ethics; PART FIVE: CONCLUSION; Revisiting the Need for Robust Design
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 300.72; Social sciences -- Research -- Design; Social sciences -- Research -- Design -- Case studies; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446290859; 1446290859
• Related ISBNs: 9781446249017; 9781446249024
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.