The good research guide: research methods for small-scale social research projects
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Summary of contents INTRODUCTION 1 PART 1 PREPARATION 3 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2 RESEARCH PROPOSALS 14 3 RESEARCH ETHICS 22 4 PARADIGMS OF RESEARCH 38 PART 2 STRATEGIES 5 SURVEYS: Looking at the general situation 5 51 53 6 SAMPLING: Selecting suitable people, items or events 70 7 CASE STUDIES: Focusing on particular examples ЯЗ 8 EXPERIMENTS: Controlling variables 105 Я ETHNOGRAPHY: Describing cultures, customs and lifestyles 11Я 10 PHENOMENOLOGY: Understanding people’s experiences 131 11 LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE: Emphasizing the significance of age and stages of life 141 GROUNDED THEORY: Developing concepts and theories 154 13 ACTION RESEARCH: Using research to change the situation 167 14 SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS: Helping evidence-based developments 12 15 in policy and practice 17Я MIXED METHODS: Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches 1Я2 PART 3 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 207 16 QUESTIONNAIRES 211 17 INTERVIEWS 22Я 18 OBSERVATION 248 1Я DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES 267 PART 4 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA 285 20 QUANTITATIVE DATA 287 21 QUALITATIVE DATA 328 PART 5 COMPLETION 22 RESEARCH REPORTS 357 35Я
Contents List of tables List offigures Acknowledgements xviii xix xx INTRODUCTION: A BOOK FOR ‘PROJECT RESEARCHERS’ 1 PART 1 PREPARATION 3 1 LITERATURE REVIEW What is a literature review? The purpose of a literature review How long is a literature review? The literature search Recording and organizing the information Writing the review Further reading Checklist for writing a literature review 2 RESEARCH PROPOSALS What is a research proposal? Seven guestions to be addressed Writing guidelines Further reading Checklist for writing a research proposal 3 RESEARCH ETHICS Ethics Committee approval When should ethics approval take place? What kinds of research need ethics approval? High risk research What information will the Ethics Committee reąuire? Codes of research ethics Protecting the interests of participants: principles and practice Informed consent: principles and practice Integrity: principles and practice Compliance with the law: principles and practice Personal responsibility Further reading Checklist for research ethics 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 15 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 25 28 31 34 36 37 37
x Contents 4 PARADIGMS OF RESEARCH What is a research paradigm? Why are paradigms important? Alternative paradigms Objectivity, social reality and research methods Positivism Post-positivism and critical realism Interpretivism and social constructionism Pragmatism Transformative paradigm and critical research Quantitative and qualitative approaches Further reading Checklist for paradigms of research PART 2 STRATEGIES What are research strategies? Purpose of the research 5 SURVEYS What is a survey? Types of survey The research population Response rates How to achieve good response rates Non-response bias Which type of survey to choose? Advantages of surveys Disadvantages of surveys Further reading Checklist for the use of surveys 6 SAMPLING Representative samples and exploratory samples Sample selection: probability and non-probability sampling Sampling frames Probability sampling techniques Non-probability sampling techniques Size of the sample Sampling error and sampling bias Which sampling technique should be used? Advantages of sampling Disadvantages of sampling Further reading Checklist for the use of sampling 38 38 38 39 39 41 42 43 44 46 47 49 50 51 51 52 53 53 54 59 60 61 64 65 67 68 68 69 70 70 71 72 73 78 82 87 88 90 91 91 92
Contents 7 CASE STUDIES What is a ‘case’? The case study approach The purpose of a case study Selecting a case Generalizing 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 8 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 Design: true experiments and guasi-experiments Advantages of experiments Disadvantages of experiments Further reading Checklist for the use of experiments q ETHNOGRAPHY What is ethnography? Types of ethnography Data collection in fieldwork settings Description and theory Reflexivity Putting the researcher’s ‘self’ into ethnographic research Advantages of ethnography Disadvantages of ethnography Further reading Checklist for ethnographic research 10 PHENOMENOLOGY What is the phenomenological approach? The everyday world The social construction of reality Multiple realities Description χί 43 93 94 96 96 100 102 103 104 104 105 105 106 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 116 116 117 118 11Я 119 120 122 123 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 131 132 132 133 133
xii Contents The suspension of common-sense beliefs 134 Members’ accounts 135 Types of phenomenology: underlying essences or actual experiences 136 Advantages of phenomenology 138 Disadvantages of phenomenology 139 Further reading 140 Checklist for the use of phenomenology 140 THE LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE 11 What is the life course perspective? Types of life course perspective Stages of life Life events Journeys through life Personal accounts Past lives and historical data Longitudinal studies and secondary source data Choice and constraint Multiple sources of data Example of life course research Advantages of the life course perspective Disadvantages of the life course perspective Further reading Checklist for using the life course perspective 12 GROUNDED THEORY What is the grounded theory approach? When is the grounded theory approach useful? Theoretical sampling: the selection of sites for fieldwork Completing the research (theoretical saturation) Methods of data collection Analysing the data Theories and grounded research Developments in grounded theory Advantages of the grounded theory approach Disadvantages of the grounded theory approach Further reading Checklist for using the grounded theory approach 13 ACTION RESEARCH What is action research? Practical research Change Professional self-development A cyclical process of research Participation and partnership in the research process 141 141 142 143 145 146 147 148 148 149 149 150 151 152 152 153 154 154 156 157 159 159 159 160 161 163 164 165 166 167 167 168 169 169 169 170
Contents Ownership’ of the research Ethical issues Generalizability of findings Insider knowledge and reflexivity Participatory action research Photo voice: an example of emancipatory action research Advantages of action research Disadvantages of action research Further reading Checklist for using action research 14 SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS What is a systematic review? Benefits of a systematic review Kinds of research problem suitable for systematic review Qualitative research and systematic reviews How to conduct a systematic review Issues relating to the use of systematic reviews Advantages of systematic reviews Disadvantages of systematic reviews Further reading Checklist for the use of systematic reviews 15 MIXED METHODS What is the mixed methods approach? Benefits of using a mixed methods approach Design of mixed methods projects Triangulation in mixed methods research Non-corroboration of data Pragmatism and mixed methods A new research approach? Advantages of the mixed methods approach Disadvantages of the mixed methods approach Further reading Checklist for the use of a mixed methods approach PART3 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION Choices Reactive methods Non-reactive methods Pilot study 16 QUESTIONNAIRES What is a questionnaire? When is it appropriate to use a questionnaire? xiii 171 171 172 173 173 173 176 176 177 178 174 180 180 181 181 182 189 190 190 190 191 142 192 193 194 198 201 202 203 204 205 205 206 207 207 208 208 210 211 211 212
xiv Contents Self-completion questionnaires Successful questionnaires The length of the questionnaire Questionnaire fatigue Respondent motivation Vital information to include in a questionnaire Devising the questions Different types of questions Web-based questionnaires Advantages of questionnaires Disadvantages of questionnaires Further reading Checklist for the use of questionnaires 17 INTERVIEWS What is a research interview? When is it appropriate to use interviews? The structure of interviews One-to-one interviews Group interviews Focus groups Expert opinion: the Delphi technique The interviewer effect Interviewing skills How to conduct a research interview Recording the interview Online interviews The validity of interview data The reliability of interview methods Advantages of interviews Disadvantages of interviews Further reading Checklist for the use of interviews 18 OBSERVATION What is observational research? Perception and memory Systematic observation Observation schedules Sampling and observation Retaining the naturalness of the setting Example of an observation schedule Field notes Advantages of systematic observation Disadvantages of systematic observation Further reading on systematic observation 212 212 215 216 217 217 219 222 223 226 227 228 228 22e! 229 230 230 231 232 232 233 235 236 237 239 240 242 244 245 246 247 247 248 248 249 250 250 253 253 254 255 255 256 256
Contents Checklist for the use of systematic observation Participant observation Types of participation Example: participation in the normal setting Fieldwork Research ethics Self, identity and participant observation Reliability of the method Dangers of fieldwork Advantages of participant observation Disadvantages of participant observation Further reading on participant observation Checklist for the use of participant observation 14 DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES Primary and secondary source data Access to documentary sources Credibility of documents Sources of documentary data Web pages and social media Image-based research The use of ‘created’ images: photo documentation The use of ‘found’ images Advantages of documentary research Disadvantages of documentary research Further reading Checklist for the use of documents and images PART 4 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA 20 QUANTITATIVE DATA The use of quantitative data Sources of quantitative data Types of quantitative data: nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio How much data? Analysing one variable Frequencies Central tendency: the average, the mid-point, the most common Dispersion: the spread of data Likert scales Analysing two variables Statistical significance Dependent and independent variables: cause and effect Correlations and scatter plots The chi-square test and contingency tables The i-test XV 257 257 258 259 259 260 261 263 263 264 265 265 266 267 268 268 270 270 274 278 278 280 282 283 283 284 285 287 288 288 289 291 292 292 294 296 300 304 305 306 307 309 ЗЦ
xvi Contents Three or more variables Presenting the data using tables and charts Tables Bar charts Histograms Pie charts Scatter plots Line graphs Tables and charts: which ones to choose? Validity and reliability: the quality of the data Advantages of using quantitative data Disadvantages of using ąuantitative data Further reading Checklist for the analysis of ąuantitative data 21 QUALITATIVE DATA Thematic analysis Visualization of codes and themes Computer-assisted ąualitative data analysis Different approaches to the analysis of text Content analysis Grounded theory Discourse analysis Conversation analysis Narrative analysis Analysis of image-based data Presenting ąualitative data Validity and reliability: the trustworthiness of the research Advantages of qualitative data analysis Disadvantages of qualitative data analysis Further reading Checklist for the analysis of qualitative data PART 5 COMPLETION 22 RESEARCH REPORTS The contents of research reports The preliminary part The main text The end matter Research methods section Referencing Guidelines on style Guidelines on presentation Writing for an audience 314 316 316 317 318 320 321 321 322 323 325 326 327 327 328 328 334 335 336 338 339 341 342 343 344 346 349 354 354 355 356 357 354 359 360 362 363 364 365 367 367 368
Contents Producing accounts of research Further reading Checklist for writing research reports xvii 369 370 371 References 372 Index 382 |
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Summary of contents INTRODUCTION 1 PART 1 PREPARATION 3 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2 RESEARCH PROPOSALS 14 3 RESEARCH ETHICS 22 4 PARADIGMS OF RESEARCH 38 PART 2 STRATEGIES 5 SURVEYS: Looking at the general situation 5 51 53 6 SAMPLING: Selecting suitable people, items or events 70 7 CASE STUDIES: Focusing on particular examples ЯЗ 8 EXPERIMENTS: Controlling variables 105 Я ETHNOGRAPHY: Describing cultures, customs and lifestyles 11Я 10 PHENOMENOLOGY: Understanding people’s experiences 131 11 LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE: Emphasizing the significance of age and stages of life 141 GROUNDED THEORY: Developing concepts and theories 154 13 ACTION RESEARCH: Using research to change the situation 167 14 SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS: Helping evidence-based developments 12 15 in policy and practice 17Я MIXED METHODS: Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches 1Я2 PART 3 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 207 16 QUESTIONNAIRES 211 17 INTERVIEWS 22Я 18 OBSERVATION 248 1Я DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES 267 PART 4 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA 285 20 QUANTITATIVE DATA 287 21 QUALITATIVE DATA 328 PART 5 COMPLETION 22 RESEARCH REPORTS 357 35Я
Contents List of tables List offigures Acknowledgements xviii xix xx INTRODUCTION: A BOOK FOR ‘PROJECT RESEARCHERS’ 1 PART 1 PREPARATION 3 1 LITERATURE REVIEW What is a literature review? The purpose of a literature review How long is a literature review? The literature search Recording and organizing the information Writing the review Further reading Checklist for writing a literature review 2 RESEARCH PROPOSALS What is a research proposal? Seven guestions to be addressed Writing guidelines Further reading Checklist for writing a research proposal 3 RESEARCH ETHICS Ethics Committee approval When should ethics approval take place? What kinds of research need ethics approval? High risk research What information will the Ethics Committee reąuire? Codes of research ethics Protecting the interests of participants: principles and practice Informed consent: principles and practice Integrity: principles and practice Compliance with the law: principles and practice Personal responsibility Further reading Checklist for research ethics 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 15 15 19 20 21 22 22 23 23 23 24 24 25 28 31 34 36 37 37
x Contents 4 PARADIGMS OF RESEARCH What is a research paradigm? Why are paradigms important? Alternative paradigms Objectivity, social reality and research methods Positivism Post-positivism and critical realism Interpretivism and social constructionism Pragmatism Transformative paradigm and critical research Quantitative and qualitative approaches Further reading Checklist for paradigms of research PART 2 STRATEGIES What are research strategies? Purpose of the research 5 SURVEYS What is a survey? Types of survey The research population Response rates How to achieve good response rates Non-response bias Which type of survey to choose? Advantages of surveys Disadvantages of surveys Further reading Checklist for the use of surveys 6 SAMPLING Representative samples and exploratory samples Sample selection: probability and non-probability sampling Sampling frames Probability sampling techniques Non-probability sampling techniques Size of the sample Sampling error and sampling bias Which sampling technique should be used? Advantages of sampling Disadvantages of sampling Further reading Checklist for the use of sampling 38 38 38 39 39 41 42 43 44 46 47 49 50 51 51 52 53 53 54 59 60 61 64 65 67 68 68 69 70 70 71 72 73 78 82 87 88 90 91 91 92
Contents 7 CASE STUDIES What is a ‘case’? The case study approach The purpose of a case study Selecting a case Generalizing 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 8 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 Design: true experiments and guasi-experiments Advantages of experiments Disadvantages of experiments Further reading Checklist for the use of experiments q ETHNOGRAPHY What is ethnography? Types of ethnography Data collection in fieldwork settings Description and theory Reflexivity Putting the researcher’s ‘self’ into ethnographic research Advantages of ethnography Disadvantages of ethnography Further reading Checklist for ethnographic research 10 PHENOMENOLOGY What is the phenomenological approach? The everyday world The social construction of reality Multiple realities Description χί 43 93 94 96 96 100 102 103 104 104 105 105 106 106 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 116 116 117 118 11Я 119 120 122 123 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 131 132 132 133 133
xii Contents The suspension of common-sense beliefs 134 Members’ accounts 135 Types of phenomenology: underlying essences or actual experiences 136 Advantages of phenomenology 138 Disadvantages of phenomenology 139 Further reading 140 Checklist for the use of phenomenology 140 THE LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE 11 What is the life course perspective? Types of life course perspective Stages of life Life events Journeys through life Personal accounts Past lives and historical data Longitudinal studies and secondary source data Choice and constraint Multiple sources of data Example of life course research Advantages of the life course perspective Disadvantages of the life course perspective Further reading Checklist for using the life course perspective 12 GROUNDED THEORY What is the grounded theory approach? When is the grounded theory approach useful? Theoretical sampling: the selection of sites for fieldwork Completing the research (theoretical saturation) Methods of data collection Analysing the data Theories and grounded research Developments in grounded theory Advantages of the grounded theory approach Disadvantages of the grounded theory approach Further reading Checklist for using the grounded theory approach 13 ACTION RESEARCH What is action research? Practical research Change Professional self-development A cyclical process of research Participation and partnership in the research process 141 141 142 143 145 146 147 148 148 149 149 150 151 152 152 153 154 154 156 157 159 159 159 160 161 163 164 165 166 167 167 168 169 169 169 170
Contents Ownership’ of the research Ethical issues Generalizability of findings Insider knowledge and reflexivity Participatory action research Photo voice: an example of emancipatory action research Advantages of action research Disadvantages of action research Further reading Checklist for using action research 14 SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS What is a systematic review? Benefits of a systematic review Kinds of research problem suitable for systematic review Qualitative research and systematic reviews How to conduct a systematic review Issues relating to the use of systematic reviews Advantages of systematic reviews Disadvantages of systematic reviews Further reading Checklist for the use of systematic reviews 15 MIXED METHODS What is the mixed methods approach? Benefits of using a mixed methods approach Design of mixed methods projects Triangulation in mixed methods research Non-corroboration of data Pragmatism and mixed methods A new research approach? Advantages of the mixed methods approach Disadvantages of the mixed methods approach Further reading Checklist for the use of a mixed methods approach PART3 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION Choices Reactive methods Non-reactive methods Pilot study 16 QUESTIONNAIRES What is a questionnaire? When is it appropriate to use a questionnaire? xiii 171 171 172 173 173 173 176 176 177 178 174 180 180 181 181 182 189 190 190 190 191 142 192 193 194 198 201 202 203 204 205 205 206 207 207 208 208 210 211 211 212
xiv Contents Self-completion questionnaires Successful questionnaires The length of the questionnaire Questionnaire fatigue Respondent motivation Vital information to include in a questionnaire Devising the questions Different types of questions Web-based questionnaires Advantages of questionnaires Disadvantages of questionnaires Further reading Checklist for the use of questionnaires 17 INTERVIEWS What is a research interview? When is it appropriate to use interviews? The structure of interviews One-to-one interviews Group interviews Focus groups Expert opinion: the Delphi technique The interviewer effect Interviewing skills How to conduct a research interview Recording the interview Online interviews The validity of interview data The reliability of interview methods Advantages of interviews Disadvantages of interviews Further reading Checklist for the use of interviews 18 OBSERVATION What is observational research? Perception and memory Systematic observation Observation schedules Sampling and observation Retaining the naturalness of the setting Example of an observation schedule Field notes Advantages of systematic observation Disadvantages of systematic observation Further reading on systematic observation 212 212 215 216 217 217 219 222 223 226 227 228 228 22e! 229 230 230 231 232 232 233 235 236 237 239 240 242 244 245 246 247 247 248 248 249 250 250 253 253 254 255 255 256 256
Contents Checklist for the use of systematic observation Participant observation Types of participation Example: participation in the normal setting Fieldwork Research ethics Self, identity and participant observation Reliability of the method Dangers of fieldwork Advantages of participant observation Disadvantages of participant observation Further reading on participant observation Checklist for the use of participant observation 14 DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES Primary and secondary source data Access to documentary sources Credibility of documents Sources of documentary data Web pages and social media Image-based research The use of ‘created’ images: photo documentation The use of ‘found’ images Advantages of documentary research Disadvantages of documentary research Further reading Checklist for the use of documents and images PART 4 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA 20 QUANTITATIVE DATA The use of quantitative data Sources of quantitative data Types of quantitative data: nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio How much data? Analysing one variable Frequencies Central tendency: the average, the mid-point, the most common Dispersion: the spread of data Likert scales Analysing two variables Statistical significance Dependent and independent variables: cause and effect Correlations and scatter plots The chi-square test and contingency tables The i-test XV 257 257 258 259 259 260 261 263 263 264 265 265 266 267 268 268 270 270 274 278 278 280 282 283 283 284 285 287 288 288 289 291 292 292 294 296 300 304 305 306 307 309 ЗЦ
xvi Contents Three or more variables Presenting the data using tables and charts Tables Bar charts Histograms Pie charts Scatter plots Line graphs Tables and charts: which ones to choose? Validity and reliability: the quality of the data Advantages of using quantitative data Disadvantages of using ąuantitative data Further reading Checklist for the analysis of ąuantitative data 21 QUALITATIVE DATA Thematic analysis Visualization of codes and themes Computer-assisted ąualitative data analysis Different approaches to the analysis of text Content analysis Grounded theory Discourse analysis Conversation analysis Narrative analysis Analysis of image-based data Presenting ąualitative data Validity and reliability: the trustworthiness of the research Advantages of qualitative data analysis Disadvantages of qualitative data analysis Further reading Checklist for the analysis of qualitative data PART 5 COMPLETION 22 RESEARCH REPORTS The contents of research reports The preliminary part The main text The end matter Research methods section Referencing Guidelines on style Guidelines on presentation Writing for an audience 314 316 316 317 318 320 321 321 322 323 325 326 327 327 328 328 334 335 336 338 339 341 342 343 344 346 349 354 354 355 356 357 354 359 360 362 363 364 365 367 367 368
Contents Producing accounts of research Further reading Checklist for writing research reports xvii 369 370 371 References 372 Index 382 |
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| spelling | Denscombe, Martyn 1949- Verfasser (DE-588)1042337691 aut The good research guide research methods for small-scale social research projects Martyn Denscombe seventh edition London McGraw-Hill Open University Press 2021 xvii, 390 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Open UP Study Skills Auf dem Cover: "Practical advice and valuable examples geared to small-scale research projects ; guidance on the key issues and why they are important ; clear introduction to data collection methods and data analysis ; checklists at the end of each chapter to aid good practice" Literaturverzeichnis Seite 372-381 Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd rswk-swf Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 gnd rswk-swf Empirische Sozialforschung (DE-588)4014606-6 gnd rswk-swf Forschungsprojekt (DE-588)4155053-5 gnd rswk-swf Forschungsmethode (DE-588)4155046-8 gnd rswk-swf (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 DE-604 Empirische Sozialforschung (DE-588)4014606-6 s Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 s Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-335-24984-8 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-0-3352-2687-0 Vorangegangen ist 978-0-3352-2686-3 (DE-604)BV045391223 Digitalisierung UB Bamberg - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033335697&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title_full | The good research guide research methods for small-scale social research projects Martyn Denscombe |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The good research guide research methods for small-scale social research projects Martyn Denscombe |
| title_short | The good research guide |
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| topic_facet | Methode Sozialwissenschaften Empirische Sozialforschung Forschungsprojekt Forschungsmethode Lehrbuch |
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