Method and project writing : an introduction / Thomas Harboe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harboe, Thomas, author.

Language:

Danish

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Frederiksberg, Denmark : Samfundslitteratur, 2013.

Contents:

Forside

Titelpage

Colophon

Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1. What is social science?

1.2. What is method?

1.3. What is the scientific part of social science?

1.4. What does it mean to be good at method?

1.5. The key points of the book

Chapter 2

Planning

2.1. Linear or circular process?

2.2. Project plan

Chapter 3

Get off to a good start - and finish on time

3.1. Start writing early in the process

3.2. Obtain a good structure with mind maps

3.3. Use IT tools for brainstorming, structuring and problem statement

3.5. How to best read specialist literature?

Chapter 4

Use of supervisor

4.1. What is constructive supervision?

4.2. When should you first consult your supervisor?

4.3. Supervision after the first meeting

4.4. Is it all right to send emails to your supervisor?

4.5. Should the supervisor approve (parts of) your project before you hand it in?

4.6. What kind of texts are good drafts for supervision?

4.7. Always enclose a letter

Chapter 5

Data collection: quantitative and qualitative methods

5.1. Special characteristic features of quantitative methods

5.2. Special characteristic features of qualitative methods

5.3. What determines the selection of method?

5.4. The combination of qualitative and quantitative methods

5.5 Could you settle for either qualitative or quantitative methods?

Chapter 6

Research design

6.1. Experiments

6.2. The case study

6.3. Quantitative survey

6.4. Action research

6.5. Comparison

Chapter 7

Questioning techniques

7.1. The qualitative interview

7.2. Focus group and group interview

7.3. Telephone interviews

Chapter 8

Questionnaire

8.1. The questions

8.2. Response categories

8.3. Accompanying letter and instructions

Chapter 9

Observation.

9.1. The Environment of the observation

9.2. The role/status of the observer

9.3. Level of activity

9.4. Level of information

9.5. The nature of the collected data

Chapter 10

Literature searching

10.1. Literature search methods

10.2. Describe your literature search strategies

Chapter 11

11.1. Quality criteria

Chapter 12

What is theory?

12.1. Concepts are the key building blocks of theories

12.2. Exercise care when combining different theories

12.3. Defining concepts

12.4. How you can use theory in your project

12.5. Too much or too little theory in the project?

Chapter 13

Problem statement

13.1. What is a good topic?

13.2. The problem statement as a rudder

12.3. Two examples of problem statements - from first draft to final version

13.4. The problem statement as a description of contents

Chapter 14

Operationalization

14.1. Example of operationalization process

14.2. Be careful in the operationalization

Chapter 15

Sampling of respondents

15.1. Random sampling

15.2. Non-random sampling

15.3. How large should the sample be?

15.4. What about the people who do not respond?

Chapter 16

Access to sensitive data

16.1. What is sensitive data?

16.2. Collection and handling of sensitive data

Chapter 17

Qualitative content analysis

17.1. Recording and transcription

17.2 Coding, recontextualisation and quantification

Chapter 18

Quantitative data processing

18.1. Classification

18.2. Levels of measurement

18.3. Data processing in data matrices

18.4. Causal explanations

Chapter 19

The quality of the project

19.1. Validity - relevance and effect

19.2. Reliability

Chapter 20

The social scientific project

20.1. The toffee model

20.2. Building blocks at the project start.

20.3. Building blocks at the project end

20.4. Building blocks in the middle of the project

20.5. What bonds the building blocks together

20.6. Brief remarks on formal requirements

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 13, 2017).

ISBN:

87-593-2345-0

OCLC:

972289352