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Understanding social research : perspectives on methodology and practice / edited by George McKenzie, Jackie Powell, and Robin Usher.
- Title
- Understanding social research : perspectives on methodology and practice / edited by George McKenzie, Jackie Powell, and Robin Usher.
- Publication
- London ; Washington, D.C. : Falmer Press, 1997.
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| Text | Request in advance | H62 .U388 1997x | Off-site |
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- Description
- vii, 242 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Understanding Social Research examines the socio-cultural contexts of social research and relates them to contemporary shifts in focus such as feminism, critical theory and postmodernism.
- Series Statement
- Social research and educational studies series ; 16
- Uniform Title
- Social research and educational studies series ; 16.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Introduction / Robin Usher -- 2. The Age of Reason or the Age of Innocence? / George McKenzie -- 3. Telling a Story about Research and Research as Story-Telling: Postmodern Approaches to Social Research / Robin Usher -- 4. Challenging the Power of Rationality / Pat Usher -- 5. Being Economical with Politics / Alan Hamlin -- 6. Family Behaviour and the Economic Method / George McKenzie -- 7. The Search for the 'Discipline' of Information Systems / David E. Avison -- 8. Nursing Research: A Social Science? / Sheila Payne -- 9. The Case for Research into Practice / Joan Orme -- 10. Scientific and Statistical Hypothesis: Bridging the Gap / David J. Hand -- 11. Researching Social Work and Social Care Practices / Jackie Powell -- 12. Qualitative Approaches to Data Collection and Analysis: Examinations and Schools / David Scott -- 13. Grounded Theory -- Its Basis, Rationale and Procedures / Dean Bartlett and Sheila Payne.
- 14. Action Research in Information Systems / David E. Avison -- 15. Issues in Participant Observation -- A Study of the Practice of Information Systems Development / Joe Nandhakumar -- 16. Enigma Variations: Uncertainty in Social and Economic Research / George McKenzie.
- ISBN
- 0750707216
- 0750707208 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^97198294^
- OCLC
- 37414684
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library