Approaches to Social Enquiry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Approaches to Social Enquiry write by Norman Blaikie. This book was released on 2007-09-24. Approaches to Social Enquiry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since its initial publication, this highly respected text has provided students with a critical review of the major research paradigms in the social sciences and the logics or strategies of enquiry associated with them. This second edition has been revised and updated.
Designing Social Research
Designing Social Research - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Designing Social Research write by Norman Blaikie. This book was released on 2009-11-16. Designing Social Research available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The basic requirements for research designs and research proposals are laid out at the beginning of the book, followed by discussion of the major design elements, and the choices that need to be made about them. Four sample research designs at the end of the volume illustrate the application of the research strategies.
Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry
Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry write by Jennifer C. Greene. This book was released on 2007-10-26. Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “This is an excellent addition to the literature of integrated methodology. The author has skillfully integrated diverse ways of thinking about mixed methods into a comprehensive and meaningful framework. By providing detailed examples, she makes it easy for both the students and the practitioners to understand the intricate details and complexities of doing mixed methods research. On the other hand, by comparing, contrasting, and bridging multiple perspectives about mixed methods, she has made this book very relevant and useful to seasoned scholars of mixed methodology.”--Abbas Tashakkori, Frost Professor and coordinator, educational research and evaluation methodology, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, Florida International University, founding coeditor, Journal of Mixed Methods Research
Redesigning Social Inquiry
Redesigning Social Inquiry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Redesigning Social Inquiry write by Charles C. Ragin. This book was released on 2009-05-15. Redesigning Social Inquiry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In Redesigning Social Inquiry, he continues his campaign to revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the conventional template for social science research while offering a clear alternative. Redesigning Social Inquiry provides a substantive critique of the standard approach to social research—namely, assessing the relative importance of causal variables drawn from competing theories. Instead, Ragin proposes the use of set-theoretic methods to find a middle path between quantitative and qualitative research. Through a series of contrasts between fuzzy-set analysis and conventional quantitative research, Ragin demonstrates the capacity for set-theoretic methods to strengthen connections between qualitative researchers’ deep knowledge of their cases and quantitative researchers’ elaboration of cross-case patterns. Packed with useful examples, Redesigning Social Inquiry will be indispensable to experienced professionals and to budding scholars about to embark on their first project.
Rethinking Social Inquiry
Rethinking Social Inquiry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rethinking Social Inquiry write by Henry E. Brady. This book was released on 2010-09-16. Rethinking Social Inquiry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With innovative new chapters on process tracing, regression analysis, and natural experiments, the second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry further extends the reach of this path-breaking book. The original debate with King, Keohane, and Verba_now updated_remains central to the volume, and the new material illuminates evolving discussions of essential methodological tools. Thus, process tracing is often invoked as fundamental to qualitative analysis, but is rarely applied with precision. Pitfalls of regression analysis are sometimes noted, but often are inadequately examined. And the complex assumptions and trade-offs of natural experiments are poorly understood. The second edition extends the methodological horizon through exploring these critical tools. A distinctive feature of this edition is the online placement of four chapters from the prior edition, all focused on the dialogue with King, Keohane, and Verba. Also posted online are exercises for teaching process tracing and understanding process tracing.
