Designing Social Research: The Logic of Anticipation - Couverture souple

Blaikie, Norman; Priest, Jan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1509517413 ISBN 13 : 9781509517411

Editeur : Polity Press, 2018

Synopsis

Designing Social Research is a uniquely comprehensive and student-friendly guide to the core knowledge and types of skills required for planning social research.

The authors organize the book around four major steps in social research - focusing, framing, selecting and distilling - placing particular emphasis on the formulation of research questions and the choice of appropriate 'logics of inquiry' to answer them. The requirements for research designs and proposals are laid out at the beginning of the book, followed by a discussion of key design issues and research ethics. Four sample research designs on environmental issues illustrate the role of research questions and the application of the four logics of inquiry, and this third edition includes new material dedicated to social research in a digital, networked age.

Fully revised and updated, Designing Social Research continues to be an invaluable resource to demystify the research process for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Together with the authors' Social Research: Paradigms in Action and Blaikie's Approaches to Social Enquiry, it offers social scientists an informative guide to designing social research.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Norman Blaikie is former Professor of Sociology at RMIT University Melbourne, and University of Science, Malaysia.

Jan Priest is former Adjunct Professor at RMIT University Melbourne, and a past Director of research and performance services at InfoServ Pty Ltd.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1509517413
• ISBN 13: 9781509517411
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible