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This new edition provides a scholarly and readable introduction to all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods, enabling postgraduate and masters-level students and new researchers to reflect on which ones suit their needs and to receive guidance on how to find out more.

With chapters written by experienced research practitioners, this second edition has been extensively expanded and updated. There are seven completely new chapters, as well as:

- new material on literature reviews

- a new introduction to quantitative methods

- an expanded glossary

- Weblinks with free access to a wide range of peer-reviewed journal articles

- an annotated bibliography with conversational notes from authors in each chapter.

This book will act as your ′expert friend′ throughout your research project, providing advice, explaining key concepts and the implications for your research design, and illustrating these with examples of real research studies.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Acknowledgements(p. x)
• Contributor biographies(p. xi)
• Foreword(p. xvii)
• Introduction(p. xix)
• Part I Reading, Reviewing and Reflecting
• Introduction(p. 1)
• 1 Research in the Social Sciences(p. 2)
• 2 Working with Literatures(p. 16)
• 3 Ethical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge(p. 25)
• Part II Listening, Exploring the Case and Theorizing
• Introduction(p. 33)
• 4 Ethnography(p. 34)
• 5 Research Diaries(p. 43)
• 6 Case Study(p. 53)
• 7 Interviewing and Focus Groups(p. 61)
• Part III Addressing Issues of Power and Researching for Impact
• Introduction(p. 69)
• 8 Feminist Methodologies(p. 70)
• 9 Critical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research(p. 78)
• 10 Queer Theory/Lesbian and Gay Approaches(p. 86)
• 11 Action Research(p. 94)
• 12 The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations(p. 102)
• Part IV Observing, Querying, Interpreting
• Introduction(p. 111)
• 13 Grounded Theory(p. 113)
• 14 Understanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives(p. 121)
• 15 Observation(p. 131)
• 16 Discourse Analysis(p. 139)
• 17 Researching Online Practices(p. 147)
• Part V Identity, Community and Representation
• Introduction(p. 155)
• 18 Life History and Narrative Methods(p. 157)
• 19 Social Semiotics and Multimodal Texts(p. 166)
• 20 Communities of Practice(p. 174)
• 21 Activity Theory(p. 182)
• 22 Researching Policy(p. 190)
• Part VI Quantitative Methods: Theories and Perspectives
• Introduction(p. 199)
• 23 The Practice of Quantitative Methods(p. 201)
• 24 The Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory(p. 212)
• 25 Understanding and Describing Quantitative Data(p. 220)
• 26 Differences and Relationships in Quantitative Data(p. 231)
• 27 An Introduction to Statistical Modelling(p. 241)
• Part VII Quantitative Methods in Action
• Introduction(p. 257)
• 28 Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry(p. 259)
• 29 Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting(p. 267)
• 30 Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress(p. 271)
• 31 Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School(p. 276)
• 32 Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology(p. 280)
• Part VIII Researching in Postmodern Contexts
• Introduction(p. 285)
• 33 Deconstruction(p. 286)
• 34 From Hermeneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psycholanalysis(p. 295)
• 35 From Structuralism to Post-Structuralism(p. 304)
• 36 Feminism/Post-Structuralism(p. 312)
• Glossary(p. 320)
• Index(p. 332)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Bridget Somekh is Professor of Educational Research (Emeritus) in the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury, 2010-13. During 2009-11 she is also Adjunct Professor at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Malaysia.
Cathy Lewin is a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the CREATE research group in Manchester Metropolitan University.