Doing Social Research: A Global Context

A Global Context
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-07-712640-7
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 195 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 676 g

With its focus on critical thinking and applied learning, Doing Social Research provides a unique approach to conducting social research. The book is organised according to the broad chronology of developing and conducting a typical student research project and provides coverage of key theories alongside exercises, case studies and scenarios. Written specifically for students in South Africa and the developing world and drawing on examples from a range of fields in the social sciences, the book brings research methods to life. Contributors: Anja Botha, Bagele Chilisa, Rebecca K. Frels, Mark Garner, Laurel Holland, Barbara B. Kawulich, Sumaya Laher, Melody Mentz, Craig A. Mertler, Jan Nieuwenhuis, Tamra Ogletree, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Charles Potter, Anne Ryen, Adilia S.F. Silva, Brigitte Smit and Claire Wagner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagner, Claire

Kawulich, Barbara

Garner, Mark

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Getting started in social research1. Introducing social research in a global context - Claire Wagner
2. Developing a research topic and planning the research project - Claire Wagner, Anja Botha and Melody Mentz
3. Writing a literature review - Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie and Rebecca K. Frels
4. Selecting a research approach: paradigm, methodology and methods - Bagele Chilisa and Barbara B. Kawulich
5. Ethical considerations in conducting research - Tamra Ogletree and Barbara B. KawulichSection 2: Identifying a useful methodology and methods6. Measurement - Melody Mentz and Anja Botha
7. Methods of sampling - Sumaya Laher and Anja Botha
8. Survey research - Melody Mentz
9. Experimental research - Craig A. Mertler
10. Qualitative research - Jan Nieuwenhuis and Brigitte Smit
11. Document analysis - Adilia S.F. Silva
12. Collecting data through observation - Barbara B. Kawulich
13. Multi-method research - Charles PotterSection 3: Analysing and presenting data: Exercises in analysis and interpreting your research14. Descriptive statistics - Melody Mentz and Anja Botha
15. Inferential statistics - Melody Mentz and Anja Botha
16. Qualitative data analysis - Barbara B. Kawulich and Laurel Holland
17. Writing up your research - Mark Garner and Anne Ryen

Über Autor(innen)

Wagner, Claire
Claire Wagner holds a PhD in psychology and works in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Her Masters training was in research psychology after which she specialized in issues of methodology and its pedagogy. Her PhD research encompassed a survey of research methods courses at South African universities as well as interviews with teachers of methods courses. She continues to write on developments in the field of social research pedagogy. Currently she teaches a generic under-graduate methods course in the Faculty of Humanities and is responsible for the Masters qualitative methodology course in the Department of Psychology.

Kawulich, Barbara
Barbara Kawulich received her PhD in Human Resource Development and teaches in the College of Education at the University of West Georgia in the United States. Her doctoral dissertation was an ethnographic study of Muscogee (Creek) women’s perceptions of work. She has taught ethnography, qualitative research, and action research to students in business and education. Her publications address qualitative research methods and issues of importance to Muscogee (Creek) women.

Garner, Mark
Mark Garner teaches applied linguistics at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He is also engaged on a national communication project for British police. His first teaching positions were in foreign languages and teacher training. He later designed and taught Master’s programmes in applied linguistics at universities in Australia, Indonesia, and England, as well as in his present position at Aberdeen. It was through developing these courses that he acquired his interest in teaching research methods. In 1995 he won an Australian government teaching grant to develop a teaching video that was distributed to research methods courses throughout the country.

Claire Wagner is Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research focuses on issues of methodology and its pedagogy.Barbara Kawulich is Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of West Georgia, USA. She has taught ethnography, qualitative research, and action research to students in business and education.Mark Garner is Head of English Language and Linguistics in the School of Language and Literature, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He developed an interest in teaching research methods through teaching languages, applied linguistics and teacher training at universities across the world.