Researching social life edited by Nigel Gilbert. - London Newbury Park, Calif. Sage 1993. - xiv, 366 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-356) and index.

Social research and sociology / Martin O'Brien -- Research, theory and method / Nigel Gilbert -- The research process / Sara Arber -- Gaining access / Michael Hornsby-Smith -- Designing samples / Sara Arber -- Questionnaires / Rosemarie Newell -- Measuring attitudes / Michael Procter -- Qualitative interviewing ; Ethnogoraphy / Nigel Fielding -- Exemplar A : Becoming a carer / Patricia Taraborrelli -- Using documents / Keith Macdonald and Colin Tipton -- Exemplar B : Building respectability / Keith Macdonald -- Coding and managing data / Jane Fielding -- Analysing survey data ; Analysing other researchers' data / Michael Procter -- Exemplar C : No jam tomorrow : why women are disadvantaged in occupational pensions / Jay Ginn -- Analysing accounts / Robin Wooffitt -- Explicating face-to-face interaction / Christian Heath and Paul Luff -- Writing about social research / Nigel Gilbert.

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