Documentary Research in the Social Sciences
eBook - ePub

Documentary Research in the Social Sciences

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Documentary Research in the Social Sciences

About this book

From diaries and letters to surveys and interview transcripts, documents are a cornerstone of social science research. This book guides you through the documentary research process, from choosing the best research design, through data collection and analysis, to publishing and sharing research findings.

Using extensive case studies and examples, it situates documentary research within a current context and empowers you to use this method to meet new challenges like digital research and big data head on.

In a jargon-free style perfect for beginner researchers, this book helps you to:

Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Interrogate documentary material in meaningful ways

Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Choose the best research design for your project, from literature reviews to policy research

Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Understand a range of approaches, including quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods.

Accessible, clear and focused, this book gives you the tools to conduct your own documentary research and celebrates the importance of documentary analysis across the social sciences.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Sidebar List
  7. About the Author
  8. Part 1 Starting Documentary Research
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 Documents and Documentary Research
  11. 3 Finding and Reading Documents
  12. 4 Documentary Research in the Disciplines
  13. Part 2 Genres of Documentary Research
  14. 5 Designing Documentary Research
  15. 6 Literature Reviews
  16. 7 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  17. 8 Secondary Data Research
  18. 9 Archival and Historical Research
  19. 10 Policy Research
  20. Part 3 Techniques for Documentary Analysis
  21. 11 Analysing Documents
  22. 12 Quantitative Approaches
  23. 13 Qualitative Approaches
  24. 14 Mixed Methods Approaches
  25. Part 4 Where Next?
  26. 15 Sharing and Disseminating Your Research
  27. 16 Conclusions
  28. References
  29. Index