Constructing Social Research Vol. 7 : The Unity and Diversity of Method

Ragin, Charles C.

ISBN 10: 0803990219 / ISBN 13: 9780803990210

Editore: SAGE Publications, Limited, 1994

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• Titolo: Constructing Social Research Vol. 7 : The Unity and Diversity of Method
• Editore: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803990219
• ISBN 13: 9780803990210
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: research Edition.
• Condizione: Good
• Peso: 0,342 libbre

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Riassunto

The primary goal of this book is to show unity within the diversity of activities called social research. What the study of census data, the study of one person at a time, monitoring today's events, or reconstruction of social life centuries ago all have in common is that regardless of their case material, they construct representations of social life through a dialogue of ideas (theory) and evidence (data). To illustrate, Ragin points out the important continuities in three major forms of social research: qualitative study of commonalities; comparative research on diversity; and quantitative research on relationships among variables.

Contenuti

PART ONE: ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
What Is Social Research?
The Goals of Social Research
The Process of Social Research
Ideas and Evidence
PART TWO: STRATEGIES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
Using Qualitative Methods to Study Commonalities
Using Comparative Methods to Study Diversity
Using Quantitative Methods to Study Covariation
Afterword - with Mary Driscoll
The Promise of Social Research