Handbook of emergent methods / edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Patricia Leavy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy.

Leavy, Patricia, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xi, 740 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2008]

Summary:

Social researchers increasingly find themselves looking beyond conventional methods to address complex research questions. This is the first book to comprehensively examine emergent qualitative and quantitative theories and methods across the social and behavioral sciences. Providing scholars and students with a way to retool their research choices, the Handbook presents cutting-edge approaches to data collection, analysis, and representation. Leading researchers describe alternative uses of traditional quantitative and qualitative tools; innovative hybrid or mixed methods; and new techniques facilitated by technological advances. Consistently formatted chapters explore the strengths and limitations of each method for studying different types of research questions and offer practical, in-depth examples.

Contents:

Introduction. Pushing on the Methodological Boundaries: The Growing Need for Emergent Methods within and across the Disciplines / Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Patricia Leavy 1

Part I Historical Context of Emergent Methods and Innovation in the Practice of Research Methods / Patricia Leavy, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber 17

History

1 History of Methods in Social Science Research / Karen M. Staller, Ellen Block, Pilar S. Horner 25

2 Gender Inclusion, Contextual Values, and Strong Objectivity: Emergent Feminist Methods for Research in the Sciences / Sue V. Rosser 53

3 A Post-Newtonian, Postmodern Approach to Science: New Methods in Social Action Research / Lisa Cosgrove, Maureen McHugh 73

4 Emergence in and from Quasi-Experimental Design and Analysis / Melvin M. Mark 87

Document Research

5 Researching Documents: Emergent Methods / Lindsay Prior 111

6 Emergent Qualitative Document Analysis / David Altheide, Michael Coyle, Katie DeVriese, Christopher Schneider 127

Grounded Theory

7 Grounded Theory as an Emergent Method / Kathy Charmaz 155

Interviewing

8 New Frontiers in Standardized Survey Interviewing / Frederick G. Conrad, Michael F. Schober 173

9 Emergent Approaches to Focus Group Research / David Morgan, Collin Fellows, Heather Guevara 189

10 Emergent Issues in International Focus Group Discussions / Monique M. Hennink 207

11 Three Dimensions and More: Oral History Beyond the Paradoxes of Method / Michael Frisch 221

Ethnography

12 Narrative Ethnography / Jaber F. Gubrium, James A. Holstein 241

13 Public Ethnography / Carol A. Bailey 265

14 Emergent Methods in Autoethnographic Research: Autoethnographic Narrative and the Multiethnographic Turn / Christine S. Davis, Carolyn Ellis 283

15 New Critical Collaborative Ethnography / Himika Bhattacharya 303

Arts-Based Practice

16 Visual Research Methods: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? / Gunilla Holm 325

17 Performance-Based Emergent Methods / Patricia Leavy 343

Part II Innovation in Research Methods Design and Analysis / Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber 359

18 Mixing Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches: An Introduction to Emergent Mixed Methods Research / Vicki L. Plano Clark, John W. Creswell, Denise O'Neil Green, Ronald J. Shope 363

19 Emergent Techniques in the Gathering and Analysis of Mixed Methods Data / Charles Teddlie, Abbas Tashakkori, Burke Johnson 389

20 Data Analysis and Interpretation: Emergent Issues in Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence / Sarah Irwin 415

21 Longitudinal Research: An Emergent Method in the Social Sciences / Elisabetta Ruspini 437

22 Categorizing and Connecting Strategies in Qualitative Data Analysis / Joseph A. Maxwell, Barbara A. Miller 461

23 Metaphor Analysis / Zazie Todd, Simon J. Harrison 479

24 Hearing Voices: Listening for Multiplicity and Movement in Interview Data / Lynn Sorsoli, Deborah L. Tolman 495

Part III The Impact of Emergent Technologies on Research Methods / Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber 517

25 Internet Research as Emergent Practice / Christine Hine 525

26 Internet-Mediated Research as an Emergent Method and Its Potential Role in Facilitating Mixed Methods Research / Claire Hewson 543

27 Hypermedia Methods for Qualitative Research / Bella Dicks, Bruce Mason 571

28 Mixed Emotions, Mixed Methods: The Role of Emergent Technologies in Studying User Experience in Context / Ingrid Mulder, Joke Kort 601

29 Emergent Methods in Feminist Geography / Mei-Po Kwan 613

30 Neural Networks as an Emergent Method in Quantitative Research: An Example of Self-Organizing Maps / Natalia Sarkisian 625

31 User-Centered Perspectives on Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Emergent Technologies and Future Trends / Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Christine Crofts 655

32 The Role of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis: Impact on Emergent Methods in Qualitative Research / Nigel Fielding 675.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781593851477

1593851472

OCLC:

162501981

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