Research methods : the key concepts / Michael Hammond ; with Jerry Wellington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hammond, Michael, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Wellington, J. J. (Jerry J.), contributor.

Series:

Routledge key guides.

Routledge key guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2021

Summary:

This book provides an overview of ninety key concepts which often trouble those who are new to researching within the social siences. It covers theories of knowledge, methodologies and methods. Each entry offers a definition of a concept, shows how researchers have used that concept in their researchand discusses difficulties that the concept presents. The book supports those undertaking their own social research projects by providing detailed critical commentary on key concepts in a particularly accessible way. In exploring these concepts, a wide range of research reports across many different fields are described. These include not only classic accounts, but also a broad selection of recent studies, some written by new researchers. The book will be useful for higher-education students carrying out projects within social science faculties at the end of their first degree or during a master's programme, though it will also be helpful for those undertaking doctoral research, and some entries have been written with the production of a thesis in mind. This second edition of Research Methods: The Key Concepts provides a more comprehensive and up-to-date coverage, as old entries have been updated and 19 new entries added. It helps new researchers to navigate the changing landscape of social research by recognising a) the changes in the ways researchers are thinking about knowledge and acquiring knowledge, b) the increasing use of digital tools to collect data, andc) the desire many contemporary researchers feel to promote social justice through their research.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of key concepts

Preface

THE KEY CONCEPTS

Access

Action research

Agency

Analysis

Axiology

Behaviourism

Bias

Big data

Bricolage

Case study

Causality

Chaos theory

Codes and coding

Collaborative research

Comparative research

Concept

Conceptual framework

Constructionism/constructivism

Content analysis

Conversation analysis

Critical realism

Critical theory

Criticality

Crystallization

Decolonising methodology

Deduction

Delphi method

Description

Diaries

Discourse analysis

Documentary research

Ecological approaches

Emic (and etic)

Epistemology

Ethics

Ethnography

Evaluation research

Evidence-based practice

Experimental method

Explanation

Feminist methodology

Game theory

Generalisability

Globalisation

Grounded theory

Induction

Interdisciplinarity

Interpretivism

Intersectionality

Interviewing

Knowledge

Life history

Literature review

Longitudinal studies

Meta-analysis

Metaphor

Method

Methodology

Mixed methods

Modelling

Narrative enquiry

Neuroimaging

Observation

Ontology

Paradigm

Phenomenology

Positionality

Positivism

Post-positivism

Postmodernism

Pragmatism

Qualitative methods

Quantitative methods

Questions

Reliability

Research design

Secondary data analysis

Shadowing

Survey

Symbolic interactionism

Systematic review

Theoretical framework

Theorising

Theory

Triangulation

Trustworthiness

Truth

Validity

Visual methods

Writing for audiences

Short bites

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-05816-0

0-429-60340-1

9780429058165

OCLC:

1183719150