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What is qualitative secondary analysis? How can it be most effectively applied in social research?
This timely and accomplished book offers readers a well informed, reliable guide to all aspects of qualitative secondary analysis.
The book:
· Defines secondary...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2004-03-02
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Narratives in Social Science Research introduces students to the use of narrative methodology as a research tool. It offers a rigorous framework for the application of these devices within qualitative research. The book provides: An historical overview of the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2004-02-24
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`This comprehensive collection of almost 40 chapters - each written by a leading expert in the field - is the essential reference for anyone undertaking or studying qualitative research. It covers a diversity of methods and a variety of perspectives and is a very...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2004-01-18
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Understanding Qualitative Research and Ethnomethodology provides a discussion of qualitative research methods from an ethnomethodological perspective. Detailed yet concise, Paul ten Have's text explores the complex relation between the more traditional methods of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2004-01-15
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Focus Group Practice is unique in providing a picture of focus group moderation and interaction that is based on the study of what actually happens in high-class market research focus groups and in using recent theories of interaction, for example discourse and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2004-01-15
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Qualitative Research in Sociology offers a hands-on guide to doing qualitative research in sociology. It provides an introductory survey of the methodological and theoretical dimensions of qualitative research as practiced by those interested in the study of social...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-11-12
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This groundbreaking book explores the implications of postmodernist ideas within the research context. The text relates debates in postmodernism directly to current thinking and practice in both qualitative and quantitative research. The engaging book is split into two...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-10-30
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`The book will be of particular value to those wishing to understand and review the importance of gender within their research studies. It provides a clear and critical view of some of the social theories concerning gender, society and experience' - Nurse...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-09-30
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`If there is a single question that presses upon the intellect of the current generation of social scientists, it is surely: "what do the great insights of social theory imply for the way we conduct research and write about the social world?". Until now there has been...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-08-13
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`This is an impressively detailed, clearly written book.... It is a book that I would like students to read' - Clive Seale, Goldsmiths College, London
Social Research: Theory, Methods and Techniques presents an understanding of social research practice through...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-04-16
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Survey Research can be used as an independent guide or as a workbook to accompany Keith F Punch's bestselling Introduction to Social Research (SAGE, 1998). It represents a short, practical `how-to' book on a central methodology technique aimed at the beginning...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2003-04-04
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`A detailed and valuable addition to the literature that will be a very useful resource for lecturers, as well as having a wide appeal among students' - Tim May, University of Salford
Have you ever wondered what a concise, comprehensive book providing critical guidance...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-03-21
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`Many books have been published on quality of life research in recent years, but few are as thought provoking or original as this one. It is essential reading for anyone who a serious and critical interest in this topic' - Nurse Researcher
`This was a fun book to read...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-03-18
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Using Documents in Social Research offers a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research. The books argues that documents stand in a dual-relation to human activity, and therefore by transmitting ideas and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2003-02-26
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What basic knowledge and skills do novice researchers in social science require? How can students be helped to over-come `symbol phobia' or `figure blindness'?
This generous and constantly insightful book is designed for social researchers who need to know what...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2003-02-17
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What are the essentials for undergraduates and postgraduates engaged in quantitative and qualitative research? How can the gap between formulating a research question and carrying out research be bridged? This accessible, well-judged text provides students with a...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2002-12-03
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Written with a clarity of style and a practical slant throughout, Grounded Theory represents a primer for organizational, business, and marketing students studying for research degrees who would like to adopt the grounded theory methodology approach for their...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2002-05-17
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Qualitative research has become a legitimate approach within the information systems community, but researchers have traditionally drawn upon material from the social sciences given the absence of a single source relevant to them.Qualitative Research in Information...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2002-05-10
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This exciting new book brings together contributions from world-leading scholars as well as younger researchers and focuses on cutting-edge issues related to the practice of qualitative research in the field. It provides a forum for contributors to discuss the issues...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2002-03-20
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`This book is to be commended, particularly, for putting the tool of statistics into the familiar context of a research study. In so doing it emphasizes the neglected pre-analysis stages of a research study. Indeed the performing of a data analysis, this book reminds...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2002-03-08
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