Do It Yourself Social Research: The bestselling practical guide to doing social research projects

ISBN-13: 9781742370637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 218 str.

Yoland Wadsworth

Opis

This is a practical guide to social research methods, which takes the reader through the basics of research. It includes topics on how to start and manage a research project and interpretation, analysis and communication.

Spis treści

Foreword to the original edition

Contents

Preface to the second and third editions

Acknowledgements

1 Who and what this book is for

2 What is social research?

3 Why do you want to do it?

4 Managing, timing, budgeting and some common mistakes to avoid

5 How to go about 'finding out'

Part A - Research Design

Part B - Methods for Finding Out

6 Other resources around

7 Interpretation and organising ideas

8 Getting your findings into action

Appendix A: Some examples of good do it yourself social research

Appendix B: Translations of common research language

Short bibliography of accessible research texts for further reading

O autorze

Yoland Wadsworth is a path-breaker in methodology and use of social research in health, community and human services. She is Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University, and Principal Fellow in the McCaughey VicHealth Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, University of Melbourne. She is also author of Everyday Evaluation on the Run and Building in Research and Evaluation: Human inquiry for living systems.