Principles of methodology : research design in socialscience / Perri 6 and Christine Bellamy
ISBN
9780857024732(cased)
ISBN
0857024736(cased)
ISBN
9780857024749(pbk.)
ISBN
0857024744(pbk.)
พิมพ์ลักษณ์
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2012
เลขหมู่
H62 .A512
ลักษณะทางกายภาพ
viii, 325 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
หมายเหตุ
Contents: Part 1. Foundations : what methodology is and does.Inference and warrant in designing research ; Methodology and social science knowledge ; Testing, confirming and falsifying ; Perspectives on findings from social research -- Part 2. Designs : the main types of research design. Types of research design ; Variable-oriented research designs ; Case-based research designs ; Comparative and case-oriented research designs ; Concept formation -- Part3. Achievements : what research makes inferences to. Why ideas about explanation matter for methodology ; Basic forms of explanation ; Mechanisms, contexts and trajectories ; Warranting explanations ; Between-case and within-case strategies ; Interpretation ; Warranting interpretations -- Part 4. Synthesis : combinations and trade-offs. Combining research designs ; Trade-offs in research design
หมายเหตุ
Existing literature glosses over the often difficult inter-relationship between practical research design and the theoretical underpinnings of methodology. This text addresses such issues head on and helps the reader to better understand each stage of the research process