Methodological Concepts: A Critical Guide

ISBN-13: 9781032395746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 200 str.

UK) Hammersley Martyn (The Open University

Opis

Methodological Concepts: A Critical Guide clarifies many key terms and issues in social research methodology. It outlines the conventional meanings of these terms, but also addresses their contentious character. The aim is to offer interpretations of them that provide a coherent conception of the nature of social science.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Methodology and method  2. Inquiry, research, and science  3. Truth  4. Fact  5. Bias and objectivity  6. Rigour  7. Data and evidence  8. Deduction, induction, and abduction  9. Understanding and explanation  10. Reflexivity  11. Triangulation  12. Theory  13. Researcher integrity  References  Glossary of philosophical terms

O autorze

Martyn Hammersley is Emeritus Professor of Educational and Social Research at The Open University, UK. His research interests include the sociology of education, the sociology of the media, ethnography, and social research methodology. He is the author of numerous books, including The Politics of Social Research (1995), Reading Ethnographic Research (Second edition, 1997), Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice (2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (2008), The Myth of Research-Based Policy and Practice (2013), The Limits of Social Science (2014), The Radicalism of Ethnomethodology (2018), Ethnography: Principles in Practice (Fourth edition, Routledge, 2019), The Concept of Culture (2019), and Troubling Sociological Concepts (2020).