The SAGE handbook of social science methodology. (2007)
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- Book
- Title:
- The SAGE handbook of social science methodology. (2007)
- Main Title:
- The SAGE handbook of social science methodology
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by William Outhwaite and Stephen P. Turner.
- Other Names:
- Outhwaite, William
Turner, Stephen P, 1951- - Contents:
- Notes on Contributors; General Introduction; SECTION I Overviews; Introduction; 1 The Social Sciences Since World War II: The Rise and Fall of Scientism; 2 Interdisciplinary Approaches in Social Science Research; SECTION II Cases, Comparisons, and Theory; Introduction; 3 Ethnography; 4 Comparative Methods; 5 Historicity and Sociohistorical Research; 6 Case Study; SECTION III Quantification and Experiment; Introduction; 7 Statistical Models for Causation; 8 Fighting to Understand the World Causally: Three Battles Connected to the Causal Implications of Structural Equation Models. 9 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Behavioral Research: On Context, Crud, and Convergence10 Theory and Experimentation in the Social Sciences; 11 The Treatment of Missing Data; 12 Modeling Selection Effects; 13 Methods for Census 2000 and Statistical Adjustments; 14 Quantitative History; SECTION IV Rationality, Complexity, Collectivity; Introduction; 15 Rational Choice Theory; 16 Rationality and Rationalist Approaches in the Social Sciences; 17 Individual and Collective Agency; 18 Simulating Complexity; 19 Evolutionary Approaches in the Social Sciences. SECTION V Interpretation, Critique, and PostmodernityIntroduction; 20 Understanding and Interpretation; 21 New Controversies in Phenomenology: Between Ethnography and Discourse; 22 Liberal Humanism and the European Critical Tradition; 23 Grounded Theory: Critiques, Debates, and Situational Analysis; 24 Does Postmodernism Make You Mad?Notes on Contributors; General Introduction; SECTION I Overviews; Introduction; 1 The Social Sciences Since World War II: The Rise and Fall of Scientism; 2 Interdisciplinary Approaches in Social Science Research; SECTION II Cases, Comparisons, and Theory; Introduction; 3 Ethnography; 4 Comparative Methods; 5 Historicity and Sociohistorical Research; 6 Case Study; SECTION III Quantification and Experiment; Introduction; 7 Statistical Models for Causation; 8 Fighting to Understand the World Causally: Three Battles Connected to the Causal Implications of Structural Equation Models. 9 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Behavioral Research: On Context, Crud, and Convergence10 Theory and Experimentation in the Social Sciences; 11 The Treatment of Missing Data; 12 Modeling Selection Effects; 13 Methods for Census 2000 and Statistical Adjustments; 14 Quantitative History; SECTION IV Rationality, Complexity, Collectivity; Introduction; 15 Rational Choice Theory; 16 Rationality and Rationalist Approaches in the Social Sciences; 17 Individual and Collective Agency; 18 Simulating Complexity; 19 Evolutionary Approaches in the Social Sciences. SECTION V Interpretation, Critique, and PostmodernityIntroduction; 20 Understanding and Interpretation; 21 New Controversies in Phenomenology: Between Ethnography and Discourse; 22 Liberal Humanism and the European Critical Tradition; 23 Grounded Theory: Critiques, Debates, and Situational Analysis; 24 Does Postmodernism Make You Mad? Or, Did You Flunk Statistics?; SECTION VI Discourse Construction; Introduction; 25 Social Construction and Research Methodology; 26 Rhetorics of Social Science: Sociality in Writing and Inquiry; 27 Discourse Analysis. SECTION VII Evaluation, Engagement, and Collaborative ResearchIntroduction; 28 Evaluation Research; 29 Feminist Methodology; 30 Feminist Methodology and Its Discontents; 31 Community-Based Research; 32 Qualitative Methodology (Including Focus Groups); 33 Making a Mess with Method; Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : SAGE Publications
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (641 pages)
- Subjects:
- 300.72
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research
Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781446206454
1446206459 - Related ISBNs:
- 1283835509
9781283835503 - Notes:
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