Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences : : Research in an Age of Info-glut / / Kristin Luker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Luker, Kristin,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1 Salsa Dancing? In the Social Sciences? --; 2 What's It All About? --; 3 An Ode to Canonical Social Science --; 4 What Is This a Case of, Anyway? --; 5 Reviewing the Literature --; 6 On Sampling, Operationalization, and Generalization --; 7 Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty --; 8 Field (and Other) Methods --; 9 Historical-Comparative Methods --; 10 Data Reduction and Analysis --; 11 Living Your Life as a Salsa- Dancing Social Scientist --; Appendix One. What to Do If You Don't Have a Case --; Appendix Two. Tools of the Trade --; Appendix Three. Special Resources for Specific Methods --; Appendix Four. Sample Search Log --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Author's Note --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674040380; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674040380?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kristin Luker.

This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.