The Compleat Observer

Author : Dr Jack Sanger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135716609
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Compleat Observer? written by Dr Jack Sanger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining anecdotal accounts, inter-professional experiences, critical debate and practical pointers to being a good observer, this book explores issues surrounding observation in social science-orientated research.

Author : Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761928263
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Practice of Qualitative Research written by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Practice of Qualitative Research provides students with a "hands-on" introduction to qualitative research methods through the use of in-depth examples and out-of-class exercises. Rather than separating theory from methods and presenting students with a laundry list of methods as so many texts do, authors Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy provide readers with a holistic approach to research by tightly linking theory and methods throughout the book. The authors cover all the key mainstream qualitative methods, as well as a number of more unconventional ones such as oral history, visual and unobtrusive methods, and present an overview of mixed-methods approaches. As part of their discussion of the ethical issues underpinning all social research, the authors raise important issues concerning the problems and prospects novice researchers confront in researching human subjects. The Practice of Qualitative Research is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying qualitative research in the social sciences-especially Sociology, Women's Studies, Psychology, Anthropology, and Communications. The book presents a feminist research perspective and follows the interpretivist approach to qualitative methods, making it is an invaluable text for any course in which these are core components. The candid wisdom and tips from leading researchers will help students with the day-to-day process of completing a successful research project. Book jacket.

Author : Burke Johnson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412954568
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educational Research written by Burke Johnson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational Research is a highly readable text that provides students with a clear and in-depth understanding of the different kinds of research--including technology-based--that are used in education today. The text introduces students to the fundamental logic of empirical research and explores the sources of research ideas. Detailed descriptions guide students through the design and implementation of actual research studies with a balanced examination of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research, serving as one of the book′s strongest features. While quantitative research strategies are covered extensively, the text also discusses various qualitative approaches such as ethnography, historical methods, phenomenology, grounded theory, and case studies. The authors present detailed, step-by-step coverage of the key elements of research, including sampling techniques, ethical considerations, data collection methods, measurement, judging validity, experimental and non-experimental methods, descriptive and inferential statistics, qualitative data analysis, and report preparation.

Author : David Clark-Carter
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135266514
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantitative Psychological Research: The Complete Student's Companion,, 3rd Edition written by David Clark-Carter and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expertly guides the reader through all stages involved in undertaking quantitative psychological research, from accessing the relevant literature, through designing and conducting a study, analysing and interpreting data, and finally reporting the research. This third edition includes two new chapters - on preliminary checking of data and allowing for additional variables when comparing the means of different conditions - and expands on original topics such as choosing sample sizes and how to test for mediation effects. It also contains increased coverage of tests and further detail of techniques and terms which psychologists will meet when working with those in the medical professions. As the chapters focus on choosing appropriate statistical tests and how to interpret and report them (rather than the detailed calculations, which appear in appendices), the reader is able to gain an understanding of a test without being interrupted by the need to understand the complex mathematics behind it. In addition, for the first time, the book is accompanied by an online bank of multiple choice questions. The book helps readers to: Locate reports of relevant existing research Design research while adhering to ethical principles Identify various methods which can be used to ask questions or observe behaviour Choose appropriate samples Display and analyse findings numerically and graphically to test hypotheses Report psychological research in a variety of ways. As such, the book is suitable for psychology students and professionals at all levels, and is particularly useful to those working in Health and Clinical Psychology.

Author : Thomas R. Lindlof
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0761924949
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Communication Research Methods written by Thomas R. Lindlof and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of Qualitative Communication Research Methods takes readers through every step of the qualitative research process -- from the research idea to the finished report. Unique for its coverage of the entire discipline of Communication, this text now includes a new chapter on computer-mediated communication (identities, relationships, and communities) as well as fully updated and expanded key topics including: developing research questions, coding data, using computers in analysis, and transcription. Processes covered in the text include interviewing, writing field notes, and creating ethical relationships with participants. Qualitative Communication Research Methods, Second Edition, provides students with numerous examples of work in the field illustrating how studies are designed, carried out, written, evaluated, and applied to theory. This interesting and accessible text provides a rewarding and challenging introduction to qualitative methodology.

Author : Nancy J. Herman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781882289387
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deviance written by Nancy J. Herman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1995 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part 1 Introduction: What is Deviant Behavior? Chapter 2 Criminology: An Integrationist Perspective Chapter 3 Psychological Theories of Deviance Part 4 Traditional Theories of Deviance Chapter 5 The Normal and the Pathological Chapter 6 Social Structure and Anomie Chapter 7 Illegitimate Means and Delinquent Subcultures Chapter 8 Evaluation of Structural-Functionalist and Anomie Theories Chapter 9 The Theory of Differential Association Chapter 10 Evaluation of Differential Association Theory Chapter 11 A Control Theory of Delinquency Chapter 12 Evaluation of Social Control Theory Part 13 Contemporary Theories of Deviance Chapter 14 Group Conflict Theory as an Explanation of Crime Chapter 15 A Radical Perspective on Crime Chapter 16 Evaluation of Conflict Theory Chapter 17 Secondary Deviance and Role Conceptions Chapter 18 Outsiders Chapter 19 Evaluation of Labeling Theory Part 20 Studying Deviance Chapter 21 Accessing the Stigmatized: Gatekeeper Problems, Obstacles and Impediments to Social Research Chapter 22 Personal Safety in Dangerous Places Part 23 The Deviance-Making Enterprise Chapter 24 Moral Entrepeneurs: The Creation and Enforcement of Deviant Categories Chapter 25 The Social Construction of Deviance: Experts on Battered Women Chapter 26 The 'Discovery' of Child Abuse Chapter 27 The Legislation of Morality: Creating Drug Laws Chapter 28 Medicine as an Institution of Social Control: Consequences for Society Part 29 Organizational Deviance-Beyond the Interpersonal Level Chapter 30 The Making of Blind Men Chapter 31 Record-keeping Practices in the Policing of Deviants Chapter 32 Constructing Probationer Careers: Revocation as Censure Transformation and Tertiary Deviance in the Deviance Amplification Process Chapter 33 The In-patient Phase in the Career of the Psychiatric Patient Chapter 34 Being Sane in Insane Places Part 35 Organizing Deviants-Subcultures and Deviant Activities Chapter 36 The "Mixed Nutters" and "Looney Tuners: " The Emergence, Development, Nature, and Functions of Two Informal, Deviant Subcultures of Chronic Ex-psychiatric Patients Chapter 37 Constructing Women and Their World: The Subculture of Female Impersonation Chapter 38 Into the Darkness: An Ethnographic Study of Witchcraft and Death Chapter 39 The Urban Speed Gang: An Examination of the Subculture of Young Motorcyclists Chapter 40 The Culture of Gangs in the Culture of the School Chapter 41 Parade Strippers: A Note on Being Naked in Public Chapter 42 Knives and Gaffs: Definitions in the Deviant World of Cockfighting Chapter 43 Policing Morality: Impersonal Sex in Public Places Part 44 Becoming Deviant Chapter 45 Paranoia and the Dynamics of Exclusion Chapter 46 Creating Crazies/Making Mentals: The Pre-patient Phase in the Moral Career of the Psychiatric Patient Chapter 47 A Model of Homosexual Identity Formation Chapter 48 Becoming an Addict/Alcoholic Chapter 49 Drifting into Dealing: Becoming a Cocaine Seller Chapter 50 Becoming a Hit Man: Neutralization in a Very Deviant Career Part 51 Managing Stigma/Managing Deviant Identities Chapter 52 Stigma and Social Identity Chapter 53 Deviance as Disavowal: The Managment of Strained Interaction by the Visibly Handicapped Chapter 54 Return to Sender: Reintegrative Stigma-Management Strategies of Ex-Psychiatric Patients Chapter 55 Double Stigma and Boundary Maintenance: How Gay Men Deal with AIDS Chapter 56 Ostomates: Negotiating and Involuntary Identity Part 57 Transforming Deviance Chapter 58 The 'Post' Phase of Deviant Careers: Reintegrating Drug Traffickers Chapter 59 Becoming Normal: Certification as a Stage in Exiting from Crime Chapter 60 Recovery through Self-Help Chapter 61 Gaining and Losing Wei

Author : Marlene de Laine
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761954873
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fieldwork, Participation and Practice written by Marlene de Laine and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-12-19 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely and topical look at the role of ethics in fieldwork takes into account some of the major issues confronting qualitative researchers. The main purposes of this book are twofold: to promote an understanding of the harmful possibilities of fieldwork; and to provide ways of dealing with ethical problems and dilemmas. To these ends, examples of actual fieldwork are provided that address ethical problems and dilemmas, and posit ways of dealing with them.

Author : Bagele Chilisa
Publisher : Pearson South Africa
ISBN 13 : 9789282011188
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Methods for Adult Educators in Africa written by Bagele Chilisa and published by Pearson South Africa. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores rationales for research methodologies embedded in African contexts. Issues discussed include: contexts for adult education research in Africa; philosophical and theoretical foundations of inquiry; philosophical perspectives and their implications for research; doing a literature review; getting started with a research proposal; quantitative research designs and carrying out surveys; summarising and analysing survey data; the nature of qualitative research; carrying out qualitative studies; combining qualitative and quantitative methods; research ethics; action research; feminist research approaches; and writing up and disseminating research.

Author : S. K. MANGAL
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 8120348087
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES written by S. K. MANGAL and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quality and productivity of a research work very much depends on the competency of the researchers. Such competency needs to be generated and nurtured properly among the researchers from the very beginning of their research career. This comprehensive book on research methodology discusses in detail how to carry out research studies in various disciplines of behavioural sciences in an organized manner. The book is meant for the postgraduate students of Education (M.Ed.), Sociology, Psychology and Management. In addition, it will also be useful to research scholars in learning the art of doing qualitative and quantitative research studies in behavioural sciences. Key Features Systematic and logical organization of the subject matter providing step-by-step description of the research methodology for conducting research studies. Extensively illustrated with working examples, diagrams and tables. A comprehensive description of the essential data collection tools employed in quantitative and qualitative research studies, along with their proper construction, standardization and validation. Complete and workable description of the techniques and methods of data analysis used in quantitative and qualitative research studies. A complete chapter devoted to the use of computer technology for the execution of the quantitative and qualitative research studies.

Author : Vivienne Waller
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473944341
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Social Research written by Vivienne Waller and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Qualitative Social Research employs an accessible approach to present the multiple ways in which criticism enhances research practice. Packed full of relevant, ′real world′ examples, it showcases the strengths and pitfalls of each research method, integrating the philosophical groundings of qualitative research with thoughtful overviews of a range of commonly used methods. This book is ideal for students and prospective researchers and explains what makes qualitative sociological research practical, useful and ethical. It’s an essential guide to how to undertake research, use an appropriate research design and work with a range of qualitative data collection methods, and includes: detailed discussions of ethical issues references to new technologies in each chapter explanations of how to integrate online and visual methods with traditional data collection methods exercises to enhance learning The authors use their many years’ experience in using a range of qualitative methods to conduct and teach research to demonstrate the value of critical thinking skills at all stages of the research process.