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020 _a9781509517411
082 _a745.4072
_bBLA
100 _aBlaikie, Norman
245 _aDesigning social research : the logic of anticipation
250 _aEd.3
260 _aCambridge
_bPolity press
_c2019
300 _ax,351p.
505 _aContents Detailed Contents vii List of Figures and Tables xi Introduction 1 1 About the Book 3 2 Preparing Research Designs 15 3 Four Research Design Tasks 32 4 Research Ethics 50 Part I: Focusing Research Design 65 5 Research Questions and Purposes 67 Part 2: Framing Research Design 87 6 Logics for Answering Research Questions 89 Part 3: Selecting Research Design 119 7 Concepts, Theories, Hypotheses and Models 121 8 Types, Forms, Sources and Selection of Data 154 Part 4: Distilling Research Design 193 9 Methods for Answering Research Questions: Data Gathering, Generation, Reduction and Analysis 195 Part 5: Researching Networked Worlds 225 10 Design Considerations 227 11 Ethics Considerations 247 Part 6: Illustrations 257 12 Sample Research Designs 259 Appendix I: Three Research Paradigms 286 Appendix II: Examples of Research Topics, Problems and Questions 293 Notes 300 References 307 Index 335
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650 _aSocial sciences -- Methodology.
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_aSocial sciences--Methodology
650 _a70.03 methods, techniques and organization of social science research.
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650 _a74.03 methods and techniques of (human) geography.
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650 _aSocial sciences--Research--Methodology
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700 _aPriest, Jan
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890 _aUK
891 _aFP
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