Designing social research : the logic of anticipation / Norman Blaikie and Jan Priest.

By: Blaikie, Norman W. H, 1933- [author.]
Contributor(s): Priest, Jan, 1949- [author.]
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, [2019]Edition: Third editionDescription: x, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509517411 (pbk.)Subject(s): Social sciences -- MethodologyAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Designing social researchDDC classification: Grad 300.72 LOC classification: H61 | .B47763 2019
Contents:
Introduction -- About the book -- Focusing research design -- Research questions and purposes -- Framing research design -- Logics for answering research questions -- Selecting research design -- Concepts, theories, hypotheses and models -- Types, forms, sources and selection of data -- Distilling research design -- Methods for answering research questions: data gathering, generation, reduction and analysis -- Researching networked worlds -- Design considerations -- Ethics considerations -- Illustrations -- Sample research designs -- Postscript -- Appendix I: Three research paradigms -- Appendix II: Examples of research topics, problems and questions -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- About the book -- Focusing research design -- Research questions and purposes -- Framing research design -- Logics for answering research questions -- Selecting research design -- Concepts, theories, hypotheses and models -- Types, forms, sources and selection of data -- Distilling research design -- Methods for answering research questions: data gathering, generation, reduction and analysis -- Researching networked worlds -- Design considerations -- Ethics considerations -- Illustrations -- Sample research designs -- Postscript -- Appendix I: Three research paradigms -- Appendix II: Examples of research topics, problems and questions -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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