The SAGE Handbook of Innovation in Social Research Methods
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The SAGE Handbook of Innovation in Social Research Methods

  1. 664 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The SAGE Handbook of Innovation in Social Research Methods

About this book

Social research is a bourgeoning field. Of course it has many traditions and approaches, but there is a high premium upon thinking differently and thinking anew because social life is never static or wholly predictable.

The Handbook, edited by internationally recognized scholars, provides a comprehensive, pitch-perfect critical assessment of the field. The main features of the Handbook are:

  • Clear organization into 4 parts dealing with The Social Context of Research; Design and Data Collection; Integrating The Analysis of New Data Types; Sampling, Inference and Measurement
  • Clear, cutting edge chapters on Objectivity; Causation; Organizing Social Research; Correspondence Analysis; Grounded Theory; Conversational Surveys; Mixed Methods; Meta-Analysis; Optimal Matching Analysis; GIS Analysis; Quantitative Narrative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; SEM; MLM; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; Respondent Driven Sampling
  • Brings together a glittering assembly of the key figures working in the field of research methods
  • Demonstrates the continuities and productive tensions between classical traditions and real world research.

The result is a superbly organized text which will be required reading for anyone interested in the routes and future of social research. It is an unparalleled teaching resource and a ?must have? for serious social researchers.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. List of Contributors
  5. Introduction
  6. PART 1 - The Social Context of Research
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Objectivity: A Reconceptualisation
  9. 2 Setting Up Sociological Research
  10. 3 Feminist Methodology
  11. 4 What is an Effect? Coming at Causality Backwards
  12. PART 2 - Design and Data Collection
  13. Introduction
  14. 5 Narratives of the Future: Complexity, Time and Temporality
  15. 6 Mapping Pathways
  16. 7 Correspondence Analysis: A Case for Methodological Pluralism?
  17. 8 Case-Oriented Theory Building and Theory Testing
  18. 9 Investigating Human Communication and Language from Traces Left on the Web
  19. 10 Innovative Qualitative Data Collection Techniques for Conducting Literature Reviews/Research Syntheses
  20. 11 Grounded Theory
  21. 12 Back to Likert:Towards the Conversational Survey
  22. 13 Mixed Methods for Construct Validation
  23. 14 Researching with Peer/Community Researchers –Ambivalences and Tensions
  24. 15 Innovations in Program Evaluation:Comparative Case Studies as an Alternative to RCTs
  25. PART 3 - Integrating the Analysis of New Data Types
  26. Introduction
  27. 16 Advances in Combining Regression Results in Meta-Analysis
  28. 17 Toward a New Era for Conducting Mixed Analyses
  29. 18 Optimal Matching Analysis
  30. 19 Quantitative Narrative Analysis
  31. 20 Lexicographic Index: A New Measurement of Resemblance Among Sequences
  32. 21 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Analysis
  33. PART 4 - Sampling, Inference and Measurement
  34. Introduction
  35. 22 Respondent-Driven Sampling:Operational Procedures, Evolution of Estimators, and Topics for Future Research
  36. 23 Analysing LongitudinalStudies with Non-response:Issues and Statistical Methods
  37. 24 Statistical Inference for Causal Effects, with Emphasis on Applications in Psychometrics and Education
  38. 25 Automatic Item Generation: An Innovation for Developing Complex Cognitive Tests
  39. 26 Convergence of Structural Equation Modeling and Multilevel Modeling
  40. 27 Hierarchical Linear and Structural Equation Modeling Approaches to Mediation Analysis in Randomized Field Experiments
  41. Author Index
  42. Subject Index