Researching Society and Culture

Abstract

Introduction - Clive Seale PART ONE: RESEARCH CONTEXTS Selected Issues in the Philosophy of Social Science - David Lazar Politics, Identities and Research - Suki Ali et al Developments in Social Theory - Paul Filmer et al Research and Social Theory - David Silverman Research and Social Policy - David Silverman Validity, Reliability and the Quality of Research - Clive Seale History of Social Statistics and the Social Survey - Fran Tonkiss History of Qualitative Methods - Clive Seale Ethics and Social Research - Moira Kelly and Suki Ali Research Design and Proposals - Moira Kelly PART TWO: DOING RESEARCH Doing a Literature Review - Duncan Branley Doing Social Surveys - Alice Bloch Qualitative Interviewing - Bridget Byrne Using Focus Groups - Fran Tonkiss Making and Managing Audio Recordings - Duncan Branley Doing Ethnography - David Walsh Generating Grounded Theory - Clive Seale Doing Historical and Archival Research - Ben Gidley Using Visual Materials - Suki Ali Using the Internet - Pamelah Odih Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods - Neil Spicer Coding and Analyzing Data - Clive Seale Statistical Reasoning - Alice Bloch From One to Two Variables Statistical Reasoning - Clive Seale Causal Arguments and Multivariate Analysis Using Data Archives for Secondary Analysis - Clive Seale Analyzing Text and Speech - Fran Tonkiss Content and Discourse Analysis Analyzing Conversations - Tim Rapley Reading and Writing Research - Les Back Doing a Dissertation - Chetan Bhatt When Things Go Wrong - Mike Michael PART THREE: CASE STUDIES Representing Otherness - Thomas Zacharias Collecting and Analyzing Visual Data Embodiment, Reflexivity and Movement Re-Education - Jen Tarr An Ethnographic Case Study My Research Practice - Clive Seale PART FOUR: WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSION EXERCISES