The sage handbook of social research methods [printed text] / Pertti Alasuutari, Editor ; Leonard Bickman, Editor ; Julia Brannen, Author  . -  1st Reprint . - London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2009 . - xvi, 631 p. : ill (b & w) ; 26 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-84860-730-9

Class number:	300.721
Abstract:	The Handbook for Social Research Methods is a must for every social-science researcher. With editors and contributors from across Europe, North America and Australia, the book charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodology, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods in one volume.
Contents note:	1. Social research in changing social conditions PART. 1. Directions in social research 2. The end of the paradigm wars?; 3. The history of social research methods; 4. Assessing validity in social research; 5. Ethnography and audience; 6. Social research and social practice in post-positivist society; 7. From questions of methods to epistemological issues: the case of biographical research; 8. Research ethics in social science PART. 2. Research designs 9. The core analytics of ramdomized experiments for social research; 10. Better quasi-experimental practice; 11. Sample size planning with applications to multiple regression: power and accuracy for omnibus and targeted effects; 12. Re-conceptualizing generalization: old issues in a new frame; 13. Case study in social research; 14. Longitudinal and panel studies; 15. Comparative and cross-national designs PART. 3. Data collection and fieldwork 16. Modern measurement in the social sciences; 17. Natural and contrived data; 18. Self-administered questionnaires and standardized interviews; 19. Qualitative interviewing and feminist research; 20. Biographical methods; 21. Focus groups PART. 4. Types of analysis and interpretation of evidence 22. An introduction to the multilevel model for change; 23. Latent variable models of social research data; 24. Equating groups; 25. Discourse analysis and conversation analysis; 26. Analyzing narratives and story-telling; 27. Reconstructing grounded theory; 28. Documents and action; 29. Video and the analysis of work and interaction; 30. Secondary analysis of qualitative data; 31. Secondary analysis of quantitative data sources; 32. Conducting a meta-analysis; 33. Synergy and synthesis: integrating qualitative and quantitative data; 34. The analytic integration of qualitative data sources; 35. Combining different types of data for quantitative analysis; 36. Writing and presenting social research.