Summary
Contents
Subject index
Social Research is a bourgeoning field. Of course it has many traditions and approaches, but there is a high premium upon thinking differently and thinking anew because social life is never static or wholly predictable.
This Handbook, edited by internationally recognized scholars in the field, provides a comprehensive, pitch perfect critical assessment of the field. The main features of the Handbook are:
- Clear organization into 4 parts dealing with The Social Context of Research; Design and Data Collection; Integrating The Analysis of New Data Types; Sampling, Inference and Measurement
- Clear, cutting edge chapters on Objectivity; Effects; Organizing Social Research; Correspondence Analysis; Grounded Theory; Conversational Surveys; Mixed Methods; Regression Analysis; Optimal Matching Analysis; GIS Analysis; Quantitative Narrative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Equation Modeling
- Brings together a glittering assembly of the key figures working in the field of Methods today
- Demonstrates the continuities and productive tensions between classical traditions and real world research today
The result is a superbly organized text which will be required reading for anyone interested in the routes and future of social research. It is an unparalleled teaching resource and a ‘must have’ for serious social researchers.
Investigating Human Communication and Language from Traces Left on the Web
Investigating Human Communication and Language from Traces Left on the Web
Introduction
The social computing/web 2.0 revolution of blogs, Wikipedia, social network sites (SNSs) and web forums heralds an era in which an increasingly wide section of the world's population is creating content for the web (e.g. ...
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