Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing it (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing it (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing) Book

Designed to help students learn how to think about research projects, this guide offers suggestions which cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. The advice ranges from simple tricks such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for a justification) to more technical tricks such as how to manipulate truth tables. Drawing from a variety of fields such as art history, anthropology, sociology, literature and philosophy, the author ranges from James Agee to Ludwig Wittgenstein, to find the common principles which lie behind good social science work, principles that apply to both quantitative and qualitative research.Read More

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    Tricks of the Trade : Paperback : The University of Chicago Press : 9780226041247 : 0226041247 : 19 Jan 1998 : This guide to research methods covers four areas of social science: the creation of "imagery"" to guide research; methods of ""sampling"" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of ""concepts"" to organize findings; and ""logical"" methods of exploring the implications of the findings."

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    Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. The tricks cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. 5 tables.

  • 0226041247
  • 9780226041247
  • HS Becker
  • 21 January 1998
  • Chicago University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 239
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