Research in practice

Subtitle:: Applied methods for the social sciences
Author:: Kevin Durrheim; Martin Terre Blanch
Format:: Softcover

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Short description

The 2002 reprint of the 1999 edition, now including the Moonstats
statistical software on CD-ROM.

This book facilitates systematic study of each phase of the research process in sequence. It aims to ground research methodology in terms of practical outcomes, and to equip students both with applied technical know-how and with the conceptual tools to evaluate and contextualise their work in terms of larger social and philosophical issues.

Long description

This text incorporates new trends in research methodology. Practical experiences drawn from southern African experience elucidate the research approaches and techniques studied in this text and the phases in the research process are broken down into conceptual tools to be used in evaluating social issues.

Product details

Editor:: Kevin Durrheim; Martin Terre Blanche
Publisher:: South Africa University of Cape Town Press
ISBN:: 9781919713359
Publication date:: May 1999
Length:: 245mm
Width:: 186mm
Thickness:: 29mm
Weight:: 989g
Pages:: 528
Illustrations:: photographs;glossary
Readership:: Tertiary education; Professional & scholarly

The research process: histories of the present - social science research in context
doing an information search
research design
putting design into practice - writing and evaluating research proposals
quantitative proposals
quantitative analysis
interpretative methods
social constructionist methods
publish or perish - disseminating your research findings. Research in action: jobs and careers in social science research
programme evaluation
participatory action research - a practical guide for realistic radicals
researching public policy
research methods in clinical research
survey methods in market and media research
assessment research. Advance techniques and approaches: sound conclusions - judging research designs
jumping to conclusions - an overview of inferential statistical methods
reducing and understanding complexity - multivariate data analysis
from encounter to text - data-gathering in interpretative research
hermeneutics in action - empathy and interpretation in qualitative research
calling it a day - reaching conclusions in interpretive research
standpoint methodologies - Marxist, feminist and black scholarship perspectives
postmodernism - a critical practice?