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Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences : Research in an Age of Info-glut / Kristin Luker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674040380
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72
LOC classification:
  • H62 ǂb L7995 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Salsa Dancing? In the Social Sciences? -- 2 What's It All About? -- 3 An Ode to Canonical Social Science -- 4 What Is This a Case of, Anyway? -- 5 Reviewing the Literature -- 6 On Sampling, Operationalization, and Generalization -- 7 Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty -- 8 Field (and Other) Methods -- 9 Historical-Comparative Methods -- 10 Data Reduction and Analysis -- 11 Living Your Life as a Salsa- Dancing Social Scientist -- Appendix One. What to Do If You Don't Have a Case -- Appendix Two. Tools of the Trade -- Appendix Three. Special Resources for Specific Methods -- Appendix Four. Sample Search Log -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674040380

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Salsa Dancing? In the Social Sciences? -- 2 What's It All About? -- 3 An Ode to Canonical Social Science -- 4 What Is This a Case of, Anyway? -- 5 Reviewing the Literature -- 6 On Sampling, Operationalization, and Generalization -- 7 Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty -- 8 Field (and Other) Methods -- 9 Historical-Comparative Methods -- 10 Data Reduction and Analysis -- 11 Living Your Life as a Salsa- Dancing Social Scientist -- Appendix One. What to Do If You Don't Have a Case -- Appendix Two. Tools of the Trade -- Appendix Three. Special Resources for Specific Methods -- Appendix Four. Sample Search Log -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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