Elgar concise encyclopedia of research methods in the social sciences / edited by Theodoros Iosifides (professor of social science methods, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iosifides, Theodoros, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar encyclopedias in the social sciences

Elgar encyclopedias in the social sciences series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research--Methodology--Encyclopedias.

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"Encompassing theoretical, epistemological, and methodological strategies and approaches, this Concise Encyclopedia provides an interdisciplinary overview of social science research methods. Leading international scholars explore the meta-theoretical presuppositions of social research, along with entries spanning diverse topics including among others the role of art, artificial intelligence, digitalization and oral history. The Encyclopedia traces the evolution of historical research within the field, while highlighting contemporary digital, longitudinal, militant ethnography and other innovations. It promotes methodological pluralism and multi-method research, combining quantitative and qualitative strategies in its investigation of social phenomena and processes. This Concise Encyclopedia is a valuable resource for scholars, students and researchers across the social sciences looking to orient themselves in this important field. Key Features: - Adopts flexible and interdisciplinary perspectives - Contains 47 accessible and highly informative entries - Engages with constructive debates about different methodological approaches - Covers both broad and specialized topics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Agent-based modelling / Leonardo Bargigli, Luca Riccetti, Alberto Russo, and Nicola Vison�a

2. Arts-based research / Margrit Schreier and Nicole Weydmann

3. Coding qualitative data / Philip Adu

4. Critical realism / John Michael Roberts

5. Critical realism methods / Michalis Christodoulou

6. Dialectics and research methods in social sciences / Manolis Dafermos

7. Digital ethnography / Georgios Chatzichristos

8. Discourse analysis / Eleftheria Tseliou and Filippos Tentolouris

9. Epistemology of social sciences / Nikos Nagopoulos

10. Experimental ethnographic methods / Carlos Diz and Eleder Pi�neiro Aguiar

11. Experiments in social research / Petros Roussos

12. Fair data / Dimitra Kondyli

13. Focus groups / Jackie Waterfield and Julius Sim

14. Focused ethnography / Leanne M. Kelly

15. Grounded theory / Giorgos Tsiolis

16. Homelessness research / Vassilis P. Arapoglou and Ioanna Gouseti

17. Longitudinal research / Emanuela Sala and Daniele Zaccaria

18. Mapping methods for the social sciences / Dounia Salame and Luce Beeckmans

19. Methodological nationalism / Kyriakos Bonidis

20. Methods in demography / Pavlos Baltas

21. Methods in economic geography / Elias A. Kourliouros

22. Militant research in the social sciences / Charalampos Tsavdaroglou

23. Mixed methods / Theodoros Iosifides

24. New materialisms and social research methodology / Nick J. Fox

25. Oral history methods / Christos Chrysanthopoulos and Eleni Kyramargiou

26. Phenomenology and social research / Henrik Gert Larsen

27. Positivism and social sciences / Tryfonas Lemontzoglou

28. Postmodern methods (and techniques) / Lila Leontidou

29. Pragmatism for social research / Leanne M. Kelly and Maya Cordeiro

30. Qualitative content analysis / Margrit Schreier

31. Qualitative data analysis software in the era of artificial intelligence / Loukia-Maria Fratsea

32. Qualitative interviewing / Kathryn Roulston

33. Qualitative social research / Theodoros Iosifides

34. Quantitative methods in social research / Eleni Gaki

35. Rank-size analysis: A methodological view / Roy Cerqueti and Marcel Ausloos

36. Realist evaluation / Ana Manzano

37. Reflexivity in social research / Nicole Brown

38. Regression analysis / Sotirios Koukoulas

39. Research ethics / Manos Savvakis

40. Research methods in economics / Martin Paldam

41. Research methods in rural studies / Apostolos G. Papadopoulos

42. Research methods in urban segregation / Thomas Maloutas and Vassilis P. Arapoglou

43. Social constructionism / Anna Traianou and Martyn Hammersley

44. Structural equation models / Alessandro Magrini

45. Survey research / Jung-Sook Lee

46. Visual methods / Paula Gonzalez Granados and Ana Lucia Hernandez Cordero.

Notes:

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781803921303 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

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