Research Design

Four Volume Set
ISBN: 978-0-7619-4487-4
Verlag: SAGE PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 1672 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 3020 g

Reihe: SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods

This collection brings together key articles and book chapters to provide an overview of research design for the social sciences, focusing on the purpose and nature of research design - the architecture of research rather than the mechanics of running a research project. Emphasis is put on non-laboratory-based research designs that are typically encountered in the social sciences, those involving people rather than objects. The range of issues covered is impressive: the epististemology of social research design; the complex matters of causation and the logic of design; the importance of units of analsyis; the subjective elements of human behaviour and the role of qualitative and quantitative data. This range is the strength of the collection as it allows unique insight into the central concepts, strengths and weaknesses of designs and threats to validity of research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Vaus, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: THE NATURE OF RESEARCH DESIGN
What Is Research Design?
Case Study Research - R K Yin
Design and Methods
The Logic of Scientific Inference - A L Stinchcombe
Some Persisting Dilemmas in the Measurement of Change - C Bereiter
Basic Concepts and Principles of Research Design
Some Statistical Problems in Research Design - L Kish
MINMAXCON
Comparison and Control
Fundamentals - F Bechhofer and L Paterson
Comparison and Control
Heterogeneity and Causal Complexity - C C Ragin
Randomization
Randomization - R A Fisher
Validity
Research Design and Research Validity - C M Judd and D A Kenny
Beyond the Laboratory Experiment - S G West
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Interventions in Naturalistic Settings
Variable Analysis and Case Analysis
Sociological Analysis and the `Variable' - H Blumer
Problems in Methodology - P F Lazarsfeld
PART TWO: EPISTEMOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN
Causation
Nature of Cause
Causal Inference and the Language of Experimentation - T D Cook and D T Campbell
Of the Composition of Causes - J S Mill
Establishing Cause
Explaining Social Phenomena Causally - J Brewer and A Hunter
False Criteria of Causality in Delinquency Research - T Hirschi and H Selvin
The Methods of Experimental Inquiry - M R Cohen and E Nagel
Causes and Consequences - J Lofland
Probabilistic and Deterministic Causation
Sociological Methods - N Denzin
The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction - W S Robinson
Comment on W S Robinson's `The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction' - A R Lindesmith
Comment on W S Robinson's `The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction' - S K Weinberg
Rejoinder to Comments on `The Analytical Structure of Analytic Induction' - W S Robinson
The Analysis of Deviant Cases in Communications Research - P Kendall and K Wolf
The Quest for Universals in Sociological Research - R Turner
Falsification
Falsifiability as a Criterion of Demarcation - K Popper
Rule 1 - G King et al
Construct Falsifiable Theories
Replication
The Importance of Replication - P A Lamal
Replication Research - Y Amir and I Sharon
A 'Must' for the Scientific Advancement of Psychology
Units and Levels of Analysis
Units of Analysis
The Units of Analysis - M Rosenberg
Ecological Fallacy
Ecological Correlations and the Behaviour of Individuals - W Robinson
The Fallacy of the Ecological Fallacy - S Schwartz
The Potential Misuse of a Concept and the Consequences
Re-Examining the Ecological Fallacy - W R Gove and M Hughes
A Study in Which Aggregate Data Are Critical in Investigating the Pathological Effects of Living Alone
The Individualistic Fallacy
Net and Gross Change
Household Panel Studies - D Rose
An Overview
PART THREE: TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGN
Experimental Designs
General
Factors Relevant to the Validity of Experiments in Social Settings - D T Campbell
Some Observations on Study Design - S A Stouffer
Laboratory Experiments
Laboratory Experiments - L Festinger
The Purposes of Laboratory Experimentation and the Virtues of Deliberate Artificiality - R L Henshel
Field Experiments
Introduction to Randomized Experiments for Planning and Evaluation - R F Boruch
Reforms as Experiments - D T Campbell
Implementing Randomized Experiments - J Petersilia
The Randomization of Arrest - L W Sherman and R A Berk
Quasi Experiments
Quasi-Experimental Designs - D T Campbell et al
The Connecticut Crackdown on Speeding - D T Campbell and H L Ross
Time-Series Data in Quasi-Experimental Analysis
The Causal Assumptions of Quasi-Experimental Practice - T D Cook and D T Campbell
Natural Experiments
The Effects of Changes in Roles of the Attitudes of Role Occupants - S Lieberman
Simulation and Modelling
Social Processes and Social Simulation Games - J S Coleman
Using Computer Simulation to Study Social Phenomena - G N Gilbert
Panel Designs
The Use of Panels in Social Research - P F Lazarsfeld
Choosing a Longitudinal Survey Design - N Buck et al
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Über Autor(innen)

de Vaus, David
David De Vaus is Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is the author of Surveys in Social Research and Research Design in Social Research. He is an international authority in the field of social research.