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Internet research methods : a practical guide for the social and behavioural sciences / Claire Hewson ... [and others].
LIBRA ZA4228 .I484 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New technologies for social research
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internet research.
- Social sciences--Research--Computer network resources.
- Social sciences.
- Research--Computer network resources.
- Research.
- Social sciences--Research.
- Computer network resources.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2003.
- Summary:
- Offering a concise, comprehensive guide to conducting research on the Internet, this book provides a detailed explanation of all the main areas of Internet research. It distinguishes between primary research (using the Internet to recruit participants, to administer the research process and to collect results) and secondary research (using the Internet to access available material online). The book is designed for social science researchers and presents a user-friendly, practical guide that will be invaluable to both students and researchers who wish to incorporate the Internet into their research practice. Contents: Introduction/What Is the Internet?/Is the Internet a Viable Research Tool?/Equipment for Internet-Based Research/How to Design and Implement an Internet Survey/What Can Go Wrong?/Case Studies/Conclusions
- Contents:
- History of the Internet 4
- 2 What is the Internet? 11
- Subject-Based Discussion Groups 12
- Library Catalogues 14
- Newspapers 16
- Indexes to Periodical Literature 17
- Art Archives 20
- Government Official Databases 22
- Electronic Texts Including Literature 24
- 3 Is the Internet a Viable Research Tool? 26
- Sampling from the Internet User Population 27
- To What Extent is Internet Sampling Problematic? 30
- Internet Sampling Methodologies 36
- Generating Data: Possibilities in Internet-Mediated Research 42
- General Advantages of Internet-Mediated Primary Research: When and Why Would It Be Better to Conduct a Study via the Internet? 51
- Ethical Considerations in Internet-Mediated Research 51
- 4 Equipment for Internet-Based Research 56
- Internet, Intranets, and System Diversity 56
- Basic Requirements 58
- Software Technologies Useful for Research 59
- Using the World Wide Web for Research 63
- Conclusions and Caveats 75
- 5 How to Design and Implement an Internet Survey 78
- Design Issues 78
- Software Procedures for Implementing Internet Surveys 86
- Implementing a WWW Survey 89
- A Simple UNIX Server Script 92
- An ASP-based Windows Server Script 95
- Adding JavaScript to the HTML Form 97
- Getting More Information 98
- Timing Participants 99
- Form Data Validation 100
- Stimulus Randomisation 102
- 6 What Can Go Wrong? 106
- Equipment 107
- Methodology 113
- Netiquette 115
- Hackers 118
- Case Study 1 Empirical Evidence Regarding the Folk Psychological Concept of Belief 125
- Case Study 2 Decision Making in a Medical Diagnosis Task 130
- Case Study 3 Tandem Language Learning 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [146]-150) and index.
- ISBN:
- 076195919X
- 0761959203
- OCLC:
- 50056222
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