Frank Bechhofer, Lindsay Paterson

Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciences" is a book for researchers who know what they want to study but who have yet to decide how best to study it. This book does not aim to provide a set of rigid recipes for social scientists; rather, it is intended to stimulate them to think about the issues involved when deciding upon their research design.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9780415214438
• ISBN-10: 0415214432
• Artikelnr.: 21644788

Autorenporträt

Frank Bechofer is Professor at the Research Centre for Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Lindsay Paterson is Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Key to Abbreviations Author's Preface 1. Introduction Part One: Types of
Research Study 2. Research Reviews, Meta-analysis and Secondary Analysis 3.
Qualitative Research 4. Research Analysis of Administrative Records 5. Ad
Hoc Sample Surveys 6. Case Studies 7. Regular Surveys 8. Longitudinal
Studies 9. Experimental Social Research Part Two: Putting Together a
Research Design 10. Choices and Combinations 11. Research Programmes 12.
The Organisation and Funding of Research 13. Conclusions Bibliography and
Author Index Subject Index