An introduction to research, analysis, and writing : practical skills for social science students /: practical skills for social science students. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Practical skills for social science students
• Further Information: Note: Bruce Oliver Newsome.
• Authors: Newsome, Bruce
• Contents: 1. The Way Ahead; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Goals of This Book; Preview of the Rest of the Book; Chapter Summary; 2. Research Process; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; What is Research?; What are the Objectives and Products of Research?; What are the Approaches to Research?; Project Life Cycle; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 3. Research Ethics and Laws; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; What are Ethics?; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 4. Scoping, Justifying, Designing, Planning; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; Scoping; The Value of Your Research; Feasibility; Developing a Research Question; Describing, Justifying, Planning, and Proposing the Research; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 5. Reading and Reviewing; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; Sources; How to Read Efficiently; Content Analysis; Reviews; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 6. Analysis; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; What is Analysis?; Why Do We Analyze?; How are We Told to Analyze?; How Should We Analyze?; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 7. Arguing and Explaining; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; Definitions; Logical Arguments; True Arguments; Strong Versus Weak Arguments; Fallacious Arguments; Biases; Dialectic Arguments; Describing and Critiquing Arguments; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 8. Theorizing and Modeling; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; Theories; Hypotheses; Models; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 9. Methods; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; Methods and Methodologies; Historical Research; Case Study; Survey Research; Direct Observation in the Field; Experimental Research; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 10. Evidence and Data; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; Observations and Data; Operationalization; Measurement; Classifying Data; Datasets; Uses of Data; Evidence; Causality and Correlation; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises; 11. Writing; Learning Objectives and Outcomes; Opening Vignette; Planning the Writing of Your Whole Product; Style; Structure; Chapter Summary; Questions and Exercises;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (376 pages)
• Subjects: 300.7; Social sciences -- Textbooks; Social sciences -- Research; Social sciences; Social sciences -- Research; Empirische Sozialforschung; Qualitative Analyse; Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten; Wissenschaftlicher Text; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483352565; 1483352560
• 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).
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