Ground Rules for Social Research

2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-335-23937-5
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

Ground Rules for Social Research is a user-friendly resource for people doing small-scale social research projects. It focuses on the key ideas and practices that underlie good research and provides clear guidelines to newcomers and experienced researchers alike.

The book is written for undergraduate, postgraduate and professional students in the social sciences, business studies, health studies, media studies and education who need to undertake research projects as part of their studies.

Key features of the book include:

- The identification of 12 ground rules for good social research

- Checklists to help researchers evaluate their approach and avoid fundamental errors

- A clear and jargon-free style

This new edition of the book builds on the features that made the first edition so successful, adding:

- New chapters on research design and research philosophy

- An increased focus on mixed methods research

- More examples and illustrations

- Updated material relating to the internet and online research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denscombe, Martyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section One: Topic

Purpose

Relevance

Feasibility

Section Two: Approach

Ethics

Objectivity

Section Three: Design

Design

Philosophy

Section Four: Methods

Accuracy

Accountability

Section Five: Findings

Generalizations

Originality

Proof

Über Autor(innen)

Martyn Denscombe is Professor of Social Research at De Montfort University, UK. He is the author of the bestselling research methods book The Good Research Guide 3/e.