Real Research

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4522-9936-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Real Research teaches students about each step in the research process within the context of a particular research method. Each chapter begins with a description of the method and the logic that underlies it, so that students can see how each and every step in the research process fits within the logic of that particular method. Then the chapter goes on to present all of the steps of research as they relate to that particular method, from writing research questions through analysis.

Two appendices, one on reviewing the literature and the other on writing research proposals, expose students to useful, practical strategies including how to search online databases for existing literature, how to avoid plagiarizing, how to craft a literature review, and the aim and parts of a good research proposal.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gordon, Liahna E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction
What is Empirical Social Research?
Why is Research Important?
Methods of Data Collection
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Basic and Applied Research
The Components of Research
Reading This Text
Summary Points
Chapter 2: Interviewing
Methodology
Research Questions
Literature Review
Ethics
Sampling
Preparing for Data Collection
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing
Evaluating the Quality of Data and Analysis
Presenting the Results
Summary Points
Chapter 3: Observation and Ethnography
Methodology
Research Questions
Literature Review
Ethics
Sampling
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing
Preparing for Data Collection
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Evaluating the Quality of Data and Analysis
Presenting the Results
Summary Points
Chapter 4: Surveys
Methodology
Research Questions
Literature Review
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing
Sampling
Ethics
Preparing for Data Collection
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Evaluating the Quality of Data and Analysis
Presenting the Results
Summary Points
Chapter 5: Secondary Data Analysis
Methodology
Research Questions
Literature Review
Ethics
Preparing for Data Collection
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing
Sampling
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Evaluating the Quality of Data and Analysis
Presenting the Results
Summary Points
Chapter 6: Existing Statistics Research
Methodology
Research Questions
Ethics
Preparing for Data Collection
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing
Sampling
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Evaluating the Quality of Data and Analysis
Presenting the Results
Summary Points
Chapter 7: Content Analysis
Methodology
Research Questions
Literature Review
Sampling
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing
Ethics
Preparing for Data Collection
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Evaluating the Quality of Data and Analysis
Presenting the Results
Summary Points
Chapter 8: Experiments for Evaluation Research
Methodology
Research Questions
Literature Review
Choosing a Study Design
Conceptualizing and Operationalizing
Sampling
Ethics
Preparing for Data Collection
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Evaluating the Quality of Data and Analysis
Presenting the Results
Summary Points

Über Autor(innen)

Gordon, Liahna E.
Liahna E. Gordon received her Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2000, and is an Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Chico and Affiliated Faculty for its Center on Multicultural and Gender Studies. Her research interests focus on issues of sexuality, deviance, gender, and social psychology.