Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences / edited by Pranee Liamputtong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liamputtong, Pranee., Editor.

Series:

Springer reference.

Springer Reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Methodology.

Sociology.

Philosophy and social sciences.

Bioethics.

Ethics.

Ethics, Medical.

Sociological Methods.

Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Sociological Theory.

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

Medical Subjects:

Ethics, Medical.

Ethics.

Local Subjects:

Sociological Methods.

Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Sociological Theory.

Bioethics.

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2248 pages) : illustrations (some colour), tables

Edition:

1st ed. 2019.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

Summary:

Research is defined by the Australian Research Council as “the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings”. Research is thus the foundation for knowledge. It produces evidence and informs actions that can provide wider benefit to a society. The knowledge that researchers cultivate from a piece of research can be adopted for social and health programs that can improve the health and well-being of the individuals, their communities and the societies in which they live. As we have witnessed in all corners of the globe, research has become an endeavor that most of us in the health and social sciences cannot avoid. This Handbook is conceived to provide the foundation to readers who wish to embark on a research project in order to form knowledge that they need. The Handbook comprises four main sections: Traditional research methods sciences; Innovative research methods; Doing cross-cultural research; and Sensitive research methodology and approach. This Handbook attests to the diversity and richness of research methods in the health and social sciences. It will benefit many readers, particularly students and researchers who undertake research in health and social science areas. It is also valuable for the training needs of postgraduate students who wish to undertake research in cross-cultural settings, with special groups of people, as it provides essential knowledge not only on the methods of data collection but also salient issues that they need to know if they wish to succeed in their research endeavors.

Contents:

Volume One

Philosophical Foundations & Methodological Frameworks

Research methods in Health and social science: An introduction

Part 1: Introduction to Research Approaches

Chapter 1: The nature of qualitative research (nature, sampling, trustworthiness, reflexivity, its criticism)

Chapter 2: The nature of quantitative research (nature, sampling, validity & reliability, its criticism)

Part 2: Philosophical Foundations & Methodological Frameworks

Chapter 3: Ontology and epistemology

Chapter 4: Positivism and realism

Chapter 5: Ethnography (including critical ethnography)

Chapters 6: Phenomenology

Chapter 7: Symbolic interactionism

Chapter 8: Grounded theory

Chapter 9: Hermeneutics

Chapter 10: Feminism

Chapter 11: Postmodernism

Chapter 12: Participatory research

Chapter 13: Case study research

Chapter 14: Ethnomethodology

Chapter 15: Indigenist and decolonising research methodology

Chapter 16: Evaluation research

Chapter 17: Translational research

Part 3: Ethics, politics and Research

Chapter 18: Ethics and research

Chapter 19: Politics in research

Chapter 20: Research proposals and successful grant applications

Means for Data Collection: Research Methods

Part 1: Qualitative Approaches and Practices

Chapter 1: In-depth interviewing method

Chapter 2: Focus group method

Chapter 3: Narrative research

Chapter 4: Oral/life history

Chapter 5: Ethnographic method

Chapter 6: Institutional and focused ethnography

Chapter 7: Doing grounded theory research

Chapter 8: Unobtrusive methods

Chapter 9: Autoethnography

Chapter 10: Participatory action research and Community-based participation

Chapter 11: Memory-work

Part 2: Quantitative Approaches and Practices

Chapter 12: Surveys and questionnaires

Chapter 13: Structured observation method

Chapter 14: Epidemiology

Chapter 15: Single-subject experimental designs

Chapter 16: Randomised controlled trials

Chapter 17: Measurement issues

Part 3: Multi, Mixed Methodology and Collaborative Research

Chapter 18: Integrated methods in research

Chapter 19: The use of multi-methods in research

Chapter 20: The use of mixed methods in research

Chapter 21: Rapid appraisal method

Chapter 22: The Delphi method

Chapter 23: Q methodology

Data Analysis, Systematic Review, and Representation of Research Data

Part 1: Making Sense of Data

Chapter 1: Transcribing and coding of qualitative data. Chapter 2: Content analysis

Chapter 3: Thematic analysis

Chapter 4: Critical discourse/discourse analysis

Chapter 5: Narrative analysis

Chapter 6: Conversational analysis/dialogical (analysing talk). Chapter 7: Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS)

Chapter 8: Using diagrams to support research process

Chapter 9: Data analysis in quantitative research

Chapter 10: Using SPSS/STATA programmes

Chapter 11: Network analysis

Part 2: Systematic Review

Chapter 12: Metasynthesis of qualitative research

Chapter 13: Systematic reviews

Part 3: Representation of Research Findings

Chapter 14: Traditional/academic presentation of research findings

Chapter 15: Innovative ways of research dissemination (eg. dance, short story, poem)

Chapter 16: Using cartoons to disseminate research findings

Chapter 17: Theatre/drama and dissemination of research findings

Chapter 18: Autoethnographic representation

Chapter 19: Evaluation of published evidence (qualitative & quantitative evaluation).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789811052514

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