Social Research Methods
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9780198755951
Publication date:
09/05/2016
Paperback
652 pages
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Paperback
652 pages
Fifth Edition
Alan Bryman
The most comprehensive introduction to social research methods which guides students through the whole research process from formulating a research question to writing up.
Rights: OUP UK (Indian Territory)
Fifth Edition
Alan Bryman
Description
An introductory one-stop reference for students and researchers that offers unrivalled coverage of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Guides students through the whole research process from formulating a research question to writing up their findings. Packed full of practical tips and advice to help students undertake their own dissertation and research while avoiding common pitfalls.
Fifth Edition
Alan Bryman
Table of contents
Part One: The Research Process
- The nature and process of social research
- Social research strategies: quantitative research and qualitative research
- Research designs
- Planning a research project and formulating research questions
- Getting started: reviewing the literature
- Ethics and politics in social research
- The nature of quantitative research
- Sampling in quantitative research
- Structured interviewing
- Self-administered questionnaires
- Asking questions
- Structured observation
- Content analysis
- Using existing data
- Quantitative data analysis
- Using IBM SPSS for Windows
- The nature of qualitative research
- Sampling in qualitative research
- Ethnography and participant observation
- Interviewing in qualitative research
- Focus groups
- Language in qualitative research
- Documents as sources of data
- Qualitative data analysis
- Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: using NVivo
- Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide
- Mixed methods research: combining quantitative and qualitative research
- Writing up social research
Fifth Edition
Alan Bryman
Features
- E-research has been integrated throughout the book, reflecting the fact that internet-based research methods can no longer be treated separately from the main research process
- New sections on Big Data, Skype interviewing, computer assisted content analysis, and using mobile phones as a platform for surveys
- A new 'Research in the News' feature demonstrates how social research informs the headlines and raises interesting methodological issues
- New coverage of mixed mode surveys, experience and event sampling and thematic synthesis for systematic reviews
Fifth Edition
Alan Bryman
Description
An introductory one-stop reference for students and researchers that offers unrivalled coverage of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Guides students through the whole research process from formulating a research question to writing up their findings. Packed full of practical tips and advice to help students undertake their own dissertation and research while avoiding common pitfalls.
Read MoreTable of contents
Part One: The Research Process
- The nature and process of social research
- Social research strategies: quantitative research and qualitative research
- Research designs
- Planning a research project and formulating research questions
- Getting started: reviewing the literature
- Ethics and politics in social research
- The nature of quantitative research
- Sampling in quantitative research
- Structured interviewing
- Self-administered questionnaires
- Asking questions
- Structured observation
- Content analysis
- Using existing data
- Quantitative data analysis
- Using IBM SPSS for Windows
- The nature of qualitative research
- Sampling in qualitative research
- Ethnography and participant observation
- Interviewing in qualitative research
- Focus groups
- Language in qualitative research
- Documents as sources of data
- Qualitative data analysis
- Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: using NVivo
- Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide
- Mixed methods research: combining quantitative and qualitative research
- Writing up social research
