The good research guide: for small-scale research projects
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
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2014
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| Ausgabe: | Fifth edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Open UP study skills
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages .) |
| ISBN: | 0335264719 9780335264711 9780335264704 0335264700 |
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| contents | The Good Research Guide: For small-scale social research projects ; The Good Research Guide; Summary of contents; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Strategies for social research; What are research strategies?; Which strategy to choose?; Checklist for the choice of research strategy; 1 Surveys ; What is a survey?; Types of survey; Which type of survey to choose?; Postal surveys; Face-to-face surveys; Group-administered surveys; Telephone surveys; Internet surveys; Web-based questionnaire surveys; Social network sites; Facebook surveys The research populationResponse rates; How to achieve good response rates; Non-response bias; Advantages of surveys; Disadvantages of surveys; Further reading; Checklist for the use of surveys; 2 Sampling; Representative samples and exploratory samples; Probability sampling and non-probability sampling; Sampling frames; Probability sampling techniques; Non-probability sampling techniques; Which sampling technique should be used?; Size of the sample; Advantages of sampling; Disadvantages of sampling; Further reading; Checklist for the use of sampling; 3 Case studies; What is a 'case'? The case study approachThe purpose of a case study; Selecting a case; Can you generalize from a case study?; Advantages of the case study approach; Disadvantages of the case study approach; Further reading; Checklist for the use of case studies; 4 Experiments; What is an experiment?; When to use an experiment; Types of experiment; Experiments involving people -- the observer effect; Causal relationships and variables; The use of controls; Control groups; Blind trials; True experiments and quasi-experiments; Advantages of experiments; Disadvantages of experiments; Further reading Checklist for the experimental approach5 Ethnography; What is ethnography?; The alien, the exotic and the routine; Life on the Internet; Life history; Access to fieldwork settings; Description and theory; Reflexivity: ethnographers as part of the world they seek to describe; Putting the researcher's 'self' into ethnographicresearch; Advantages of ethnography; Disadvantages of ethnography; Further reading; Checklist for ethnographic research; 6 Phenomenology; What is the phenomenological approach?; Experience; The everyday world; Seeing things through the eyes of others The social construction of realityMultiple realities; Description; The suspension of common-sense beliefs; Members' accounts; Types of phenomenology: underlying essences or actual experiences; Advantages of phenomenology; Disadvantages of phenomenology; Further reading; Checklist for phenomenology ; 7 Grounded theory; What is the grounded theory approach?; When is the grounded theory approach useful?; Starting grounded theory research; Theoretical sampling: the selection of sites for fieldwork; Completing the research (theoretical saturation); Methods of data collection; Analysing the data The Good Research Guide is a best-selling introductory book on the basics of social research |
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| spelling | Denscombe, Martyn Verfasser aut The good research guide for small-scale research projects Martyn Denscombe Fifth edition Maidenhead, Berkshire Open University Press 2014 1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages .) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Open UP study skills Print version record The Good Research Guide: For small-scale social research projects ; The Good Research Guide; Summary of contents; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Strategies for social research; What are research strategies?; Which strategy to choose?; Checklist for the choice of research strategy; 1 Surveys ; What is a survey?; Types of survey; Which type of survey to choose?; Postal surveys; Face-to-face surveys; Group-administered surveys; Telephone surveys; Internet surveys; Web-based questionnaire surveys; Social network sites; Facebook surveys The research populationResponse rates; How to achieve good response rates; Non-response bias; Advantages of surveys; Disadvantages of surveys; Further reading; Checklist for the use of surveys; 2 Sampling; Representative samples and exploratory samples; Probability sampling and non-probability sampling; Sampling frames; Probability sampling techniques; Non-probability sampling techniques; Which sampling technique should be used?; Size of the sample; Advantages of sampling; Disadvantages of sampling; Further reading; Checklist for the use of sampling; 3 Case studies; What is a 'case'? The case study approachThe purpose of a case study; Selecting a case; Can you generalize from a case study?; Advantages of the case study approach; Disadvantages of the case study approach; Further reading; Checklist for the use of case studies; 4 Experiments; What is an experiment?; When to use an experiment; Types of experiment; Experiments involving people -- the observer effect; Causal relationships and variables; The use of controls; Control groups; Blind trials; True experiments and quasi-experiments; Advantages of experiments; Disadvantages of experiments; Further reading Checklist for the experimental approach5 Ethnography; What is ethnography?; The alien, the exotic and the routine; Life on the Internet; Life history; Access to fieldwork settings; Description and theory; Reflexivity: ethnographers as part of the world they seek to describe; Putting the researcher's 'self' into ethnographicresearch; Advantages of ethnography; Disadvantages of ethnography; Further reading; Checklist for ethnographic research; 6 Phenomenology; What is the phenomenological approach?; Experience; The everyday world; Seeing things through the eyes of others The social construction of realityMultiple realities; Description; The suspension of common-sense beliefs; Members' accounts; Types of phenomenology: underlying essences or actual experiences; Advantages of phenomenology; Disadvantages of phenomenology; Further reading; Checklist for phenomenology ; 7 Grounded theory; What is the grounded theory approach?; When is the grounded theory approach useful?; Starting grounded theory research; Theoretical sampling: the selection of sites for fieldwork; Completing the research (theoretical saturation); Methods of data collection; Analysing the data The Good Research Guide is a best-selling introductory book on the basics of social research SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference bisacsh Social sciences / Methodology fast Social sciences / Methodology / Handbooks, manuals, etc Sozialwissenschaften Social sciences Methodology Handbooks, manuals, etc Empirische Sozialforschung (DE-588)4014606-6 gnd rswk-swf Forschungsmethode (DE-588)4155046-8 gnd rswk-swf Forschungsprojekt (DE-588)4155053-5 gnd rswk-swf Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 gnd rswk-swf Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4123623-3 Lehrbuch gnd-content Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 s Forschungsmethode (DE-588)4155046-8 s Forschungsprojekt (DE-588)4155053-5 s 2\p DE-604 Empirische Sozialforschung (DE-588)4014606-6 s Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 s 3\p DE-604 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Denscombe, Martyn The good research guide for small-scale research projects The Good Research Guide: For small-scale social research projects ; The Good Research Guide; Summary of contents; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Strategies for social research; What are research strategies?; Which strategy to choose?; Checklist for the choice of research strategy; 1 Surveys ; What is a survey?; Types of survey; Which type of survey to choose?; Postal surveys; Face-to-face surveys; Group-administered surveys; Telephone surveys; Internet surveys; Web-based questionnaire surveys; Social network sites; Facebook surveys The research populationResponse rates; How to achieve good response rates; Non-response bias; Advantages of surveys; Disadvantages of surveys; Further reading; Checklist for the use of surveys; 2 Sampling; Representative samples and exploratory samples; Probability sampling and non-probability sampling; Sampling frames; Probability sampling techniques; Non-probability sampling techniques; Which sampling technique should be used?; Size of the sample; Advantages of sampling; Disadvantages of sampling; Further reading; Checklist for the use of sampling; 3 Case studies; What is a 'case'? The case study approachThe purpose of a case study; Selecting a case; Can you generalize from a case study?; Advantages of the case study approach; Disadvantages of the case study approach; Further reading; Checklist for the use of case studies; 4 Experiments; What is an experiment?; When to use an experiment; Types of experiment; Experiments involving people -- the observer effect; Causal relationships and variables; The use of controls; Control groups; Blind trials; True experiments and quasi-experiments; Advantages of experiments; Disadvantages of experiments; Further reading Checklist for the experimental approach5 Ethnography; What is ethnography?; The alien, the exotic and the routine; Life on the Internet; Life history; Access to fieldwork settings; Description and theory; Reflexivity: ethnographers as part of the world they seek to describe; Putting the researcher's 'self' into ethnographicresearch; Advantages of ethnography; Disadvantages of ethnography; Further reading; Checklist for ethnographic research; 6 Phenomenology; What is the phenomenological approach?; Experience; The everyday world; Seeing things through the eyes of others The social construction of realityMultiple realities; Description; The suspension of common-sense beliefs; Members' accounts; Types of phenomenology: underlying essences or actual experiences; Advantages of phenomenology; Disadvantages of phenomenology; Further reading; Checklist for phenomenology ; 7 Grounded theory; What is the grounded theory approach?; When is the grounded theory approach useful?; Starting grounded theory research; Theoretical sampling: the selection of sites for fieldwork; Completing the research (theoretical saturation); Methods of data collection; Analysing the data The Good Research Guide is a best-selling introductory book on the basics of social research SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference bisacsh Social sciences / Methodology fast Social sciences / Methodology / Handbooks, manuals, etc Sozialwissenschaften Social sciences Methodology Handbooks, manuals, etc Empirische Sozialforschung (DE-588)4014606-6 gnd Forschungsmethode (DE-588)4155046-8 gnd Forschungsprojekt (DE-588)4155053-5 gnd Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 gnd Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd |
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