Understanding Social Research: Perspectives on Methodology and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780750707213 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 236 str.

G. McKenzie; George McKenzie; Jackie Powell

Opis

In 1991 the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) published Postgraduate Taining Guidelines. Throughout the document emphasis is placed on the need for universities to make postgraduate research students aware of the methodological issues that affect their work.

Spis treści

The age of reason or the age of innocence?. Part 1 The nature of the inquiry: telling a story about research and researcher story telling; challenging the power of rationality; becoming economical with politics; family behaviour and the economic method. Part 2 The nature of disciplines: research with discipline of information systems; nursing research - social science?; the case for research into practice; deconstructing statistical questions. Part 3 Research practice: researching social work and social care policies; qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis; grounded theory - its basis, rationale and procedures; action research in information systems; issues in participant observation; enigma variations - uncertainty in social and economic research.

O autorze

McKenzie, George; Powell, Jane; Usher, Robin