Behind the Scenes in Social Research: How Practical and Personal Matters Affect a Project

ISBN-13: 9781032386218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 134 str.

USA) Rubin Herbert J. (Northern Illinois University

Opis

Based upon in depth interviews with experienced researchers, as well as the author’s extensive research experiences, this book explores two themes: the pragmatic matters that can determine the choice of research topic and the flow of the research, and how personalities affect and are affected by the research enterprise.

Spis treści

1. Doing Research: Beyond What Is Taught in the Methods Class 2. How Being a Researcher Affects you Personally 3. The Sources for Research Ideas 4. The Evolution and Modification of a Research Design 5. Enhancing Data Gathering Methods: Learning New Techniques and Modifying Standard Approaches 6. Combatting Obstacles: Finding Sites and Individuals and Handling Logistics 7. Other Obstacles Faced in Collecting Data 8. Tricks of the Trade

O autorze

Herbert J. Rubin is an urban sociologist, now retired. Most of his career was as a professor and researcher at Northern Illinois University. In addition, he has conducted research at a government agency and consulted on overseas foreign-aid projects. He is the author of Advocacy for Social Change: Coalitions and the Organizations That Lead Them and Renewing Hope within Neighborhoods of Despair: The Community-Based Development Model, and the co-author of Community Organizing and Development and Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data.