Original, fresh, and relevant this is a theoretically-informed practical guide to researching social relations. The text provides a mixed methods approach that challenges historical divisions between quantitative and qualitative research. It adopts a multidisciplinary approach to social science research, drawing from areas such as sociology, social psychology, and social anthropology. Explicitly addressing the concerns of emergent researchers it provides both a 'how to' account of social research and an understanding of the main factors that contextualize research by discussing 'why do'...
Original, fresh, and relevant this is a theoretically-informed practical guide to researching social relations. The text provides a mixed methods appr...
Generating data is the defining aspect of empirical work. Data in this respect is understood as information-capacitated material that must be discovered, mined, unearthed - or a near limitless range of similar adjectives. This major work cross-cuts a number of substantive methodologies and is structured around seven groupings of research in four-volumes which provide the context for data generation:
Volume One: Naturalistic research
Volume Two: Interrogative research and Experimental research
Volume Three:...
Generating data is the defining aspect of empirical work. Data in this respect is understood as information-capacitated material that must be discover...
