Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences : : Research in an Age of Info-glut / / 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.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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