Mark Abrahamson

Studying Cities and City Life (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to Methods of Research

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A textbook designed to serve as an introduction to research methods, applied to the study of cities, and social life in cities. For students majoring in urban sociology, urban studies, urban planning, and related areas, there is no other text that describes best practices of each major social science research method - field studies, surveys, experiments, and so on - as each is employed in studying cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317814276
• Artikelnr.: 47387332

Autorenporträt

Mark Abrahamson is Professor of Sociology (Emeritus) at the University of Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction

Part One: Initial Considerations

1.1. The Limitations Of Personal Experience

1.2. Scientific Research Methods

1.3. Theory and Research

1.4. Research Designs: An Overview And Preview

Part Two: Research Ethics

1.5. Ethical Constraints

1.6. Subject Protections

1.7. Neutrality

18. Giving Back to the Community

2. Ethnographic Field Studies

Part One: Historical and Theoretical Background

2.1. Historical Field Studies

2.2. The Place of Theory

2.3. Part Two: Conducting Field Studies

2.4. The Participant-Observer Continuum

2.5. Gaining Access

2.6. Sampling

2.7. Writing Field Notes

2.8. Terminating A Field Study

2.9. Assessing Data Quality

Analyzing Ethnographic Data

3. Experimental Design

3.1. Experiments Introduced

3.2. Contrasting Experiments and Ethnographic Studies

3.3. Experimentation In Social Science

3.4. Causal Inference

3.5. Experimental Designs

3.6. Assigning Subjects To Experimental Conditions

3.7. Internal And External Validity

4. Sample Surveys

4.1. History of Urban Sampling Studies

4.2. Sampling: Basic Terms

4.3. Sample Accuracy

4.4. Types Of Samples

4.5. Reaching Respondents

4.6. Nonresponse Bias

5. Obtaining Data, Part One

5.1. Interviews

5.2. Questionnaires

5.3. Observation

6. Obtaining Data, Part Two

6.1. Multi-Methods

6.2. Mixed Methods

6.3. Secondary Sources

6.4. Special Analyses

7. Measurement, Reliability And Validity

7.1. Concepts And Indicators

7.2. Reliability

7.3. Validity

8. The Research Report

8.1. Section Headings

8.2. Writing Style