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Unobtrusive methods in social research / Raymond M. Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Raymond M., 1946-
- Series:
- Understanding social research
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- x, 175 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2000.
- Contents:
- Why use unobtrusive methods? 2
- Where do unobtrusive measures come from? 8
- 2 Found data 17
- Erosion measures 18
- Accretion measures 22
- 'Controlled' erosion and accretion 29
- Found data: an assessment 30
- 3 Captured data 33
- Simple observation 34
- Sampling in observational research 44
- The role of the observer 46
- Field experiments 49
- Recording techniques 51
- The ethics of unobtrusive observation 57
- 4 Retrieved data: running records 63
- The uses of running records 65
- The availability of running records 75
- Running records: an evaluation 77
- The confidentiality of records 81
- 5 Retrieved data: personal and episodic records 87
- Personal documents 87
- Visual images in the mass media 95
- Investigative methods 101
- Analytic strategies 106
- 6 Unobtrusive methods and the Internet 115
- Connectivity and interactivity 117
- The Internet as an information resource 118
- Computer-mediated communication 123
- Ethical issues in research on computer-mediated communication 134.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [144]-164) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1580622704
- 0335200516
- 0335200524
- OCLC:
- 42752437
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