Thinking through methods : a social science primer / John Levi Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, John Levi, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Research--Methodology.

Sociology.

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Sociologia--Ricerca--Metodi.

Local Subjects:

Sociologia--Ricerca--Metodi.

Physical Description:

ix, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago, 2017.

Summary:

"Sociological research is hard enough already--you don't need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you're doing or where you're heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that you will need to make as a researcher--where the data you are working with comes from and how that data relates to all the possible data you could have gathered. This is a user's guide to sociological research, designed to be used at both the undergraduate and graduate level."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Sharpen your tools

How to formulate a question

How do you choose a site?

Talking to people

Hanging out

Ethics in research

Comparing

Dealing with documents

Interpreting it and writing it up.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226431697

022643169X

9780226431727

022643172X

OCLC:

951612257

Publisher Number:

99980051087