Basic research methods : an entry to social science research / Gerard Guthrie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guthrie, Gerard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2010.

New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, 2010.

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive and rounded view of research as a tool for logical problem-solving. It is built on the philosophical-pragmatic foundation that the value of knowledge and research methodologies lies in their usefulness in engaging with the real world. Basic Research Methods: An Entry to Social Science Research synthesizes both positivist and non-positivist methodologies. It is for students who are undertaking their first social science research course or their first research project. The techniques are basic ones, but many masters and doctoral research studies use them. From an experiential base, students would be able to build a more advanced conceptual and theoretical understanding of research through further reading and practice. The book covers both quantitative and qualitative methods. It discusses policy-applied-pure-action model of research, treatment of participatory research as an ethical rather than a methodological issue, inclusion of project evaluation as a type of case study, addition of binary measurement to the standard classification, practical use of Microsoft Excel for analysis of both words and numbers, a building block approach to writing, and the author's own thoughts on application of research. Real-life examples from different subject areas in Asia are used in this concise textbook, which has been written in an engaging language, adopting the inductive approach.

Contents:

Section 1: The Problem

1 - Approaches to Research

2 - Research Ethics

3 - Research Proposal and Literature Review

4 - Research Methodology

Section 2: Data Collection

5 - Sampling

6 - Case Study Method

7 - Survey Method

8 - Experimental Method

9 - Available Data

10 - Observation

11 - Interviews

12 - Questionnaires

13 - Tests

Section 3: Data Analysis

14 - Measurement Principles

15 - Qualitative Data

16 - Quantitative Data

Section 4: Action

17 - Social Science English

18 - The Report

19 - Using the Results

Glossary

References

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print versionL

ISBN:

9788132112082

8132112083

OCLC:

669495268