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This innovative book for students and researchers alike gives an indispensable introduction to key issues and practical methods needed for data collection.It uses clear definitions, relevant interdisciplinary examples from around the world and up-to-date suggestions for further reading to demonstrate how to gather and use qualitative, quantitative, and mixed data sets.

The book is divided into seven distinct parts, encouraging researchers to combine methods of data collection:

Data Collection: An Introduction to Research Practices Collecting Qualitative Data Observation and Informed Methods Experimental and Systematic Data Collection Survey Methods for Data Collection The Case-Study Method of Data Collection Concluding Suggestions for Data-Collection Concepts

A stimulating, practical guide which can be read as individual concepts from the methods toolkit, or as a whole, this text is an important resource for students and research professionals.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• About the Author(p. viii)
• Preface(p. ix)
• Introduction(p. x)
• Part 1 Data Collection: An Introduction to Research Practices(p. 1)
• 1.1 Research and Data Collection(p. 3)
• 1.2 Findings(p. 5)
• 1.3 Data(p. 8)
• 1.4 Causes(p. 18)
• 1.5 Sampling(p. 24)
• Further Reading for Part 1(p. 29)
• Part 2 Collecting Qualitative Data(p. 31)
• 2.1 Interviews(p. 33)
• 2.2 Transcripts(p. 39)
• 2.3 Coding(p. 46)
• 2.4 Meaning(p. 49)
• 2.5 Interpretation(p. 56)
• 2.6 Observer Bias(p. 65)
• 2.7 Representations(p. 72)
• 2.8 Focus Groups(p. 77)
• 2.9 Document Analysis(p. 79)
• 2.10 Accuracy(p. 82)
• 2.11 Ethical Clearance(p. 87)
• Further Reading for Part 2(p. 92)
• Part 3 Observation and Involved Methods(p. 93)
• 3.1 Participation(p. 95)
• 3.2 Praxis(p. 104)
• 3.3 Action Research(p. 108)
• 3.4 Observation Methods(p. 112)
• 3.5 Online Data Collection(p. 114)
• Further Reading for Part 3(p. 116)
• Part 4 Experimental and Systematic Data Collection(p. 117)
• 4.1 Questionnaire Design(p. 119)
• 4.2 Handling Treatment Data(p. 121)
• 4.3 The Ethics of Volunteers(p. 125)
• 4.4 Market-Research Techniques(p. 127)
• 4.5 Creating Systematic Case-Study Data(p. 129)
• Further Reading for Part 4(p. 132)
• Part 5 Survey Methods for Data Collection(p. 133)
• 5.1 Operationalisation(p. 135)
• 5.2 Measurement(p. 143)
• 5.3 Causality(p. 148)
• 5.4 Data Cleaning(p. 152)
• 5.5 Data Extraction(p. 158)
• 5.6 Outliers(p. 163)
• 5.7 Subsetting of Data(p. 168)
• 5.8 Survey Weights(p. 174)
• Further Reading for Part 5(p. 179)
• Part 6 The Case-Study Method of Data Collection(p. 181)
• 6.1 Case-Study Research(p. 183)
• 6.2 Comparative Research(p. 186)
• 6.3 Configurations(p. 189)
• 6.4 Contingency(p. 194)
• 6.5 Causal Mechanisms(p. 197)
• Further Reading for Part 6(p. 200)
• Part 7 Concluding Suggestions About Data-Collection Concepts(p. 203)
• 7.1 Facts(p. 205)
• 7.2 Reality(p. 211)
• 7.3 Retroduction(p. 215)
• Further Reading for Part 7(p. 218)
• Appendix(p. 219)
• References(p. 222)
• Index(p. 231)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Wendy Olsen is Senior Lecturer at Manchester University, Discipline of Social Statistics and Cathie Marsh Centre for Census Survey Research.