Research design : creating robust approaches for the social sciences /
Gorard, Stephen.
Research design : creating robust approaches for the social sciences / Stephen Gorard. - London : SAGE, 2013. - xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Part 1: Introduction. 'Design' as distinct from methods] What Is Research Design? -- Introducing Designs in the Cycle of Research. [Part 2: The preliminaries of research design] Identifying Researchable Questions -- Warranting Research Claims -- The Nature of Causal Claims. [Part 3: Putting it all together] Identifying the Sample or Cases -- Comparing for Comparative Claims -- Matters of Timing and Sequence -- Evaluating Controlled Interventions. [Part 4: More advanced considerations] Further Designs for Evaluation ; Challenges for Validity ; How Big Is a Difference? ; A Second Principle of Ethics. [Part 5: Conclusion] Revisiting the Need for Robust Design.
9781446249017: £75.00 9781446249024: £24.99 1446249018 9781446249024 (pbk.) 1446249018 (hbk.) 9781446249017 (hbk.)
2013427602
Social sciences--Research--Design
Social sciences--Research--Design--Case studies
Social sciences--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology--Case studies
Research methods: general
Social research & statistics
300.72
Research design : creating robust approaches for the social sciences / Stephen Gorard. - London : SAGE, 2013. - xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[Part 1: Introduction. 'Design' as distinct from methods] What Is Research Design? -- Introducing Designs in the Cycle of Research. [Part 2: The preliminaries of research design] Identifying Researchable Questions -- Warranting Research Claims -- The Nature of Causal Claims. [Part 3: Putting it all together] Identifying the Sample or Cases -- Comparing for Comparative Claims -- Matters of Timing and Sequence -- Evaluating Controlled Interventions. [Part 4: More advanced considerations] Further Designs for Evaluation ; Challenges for Validity ; How Big Is a Difference? ; A Second Principle of Ethics. [Part 5: Conclusion] Revisiting the Need for Robust Design.
9781446249017: £75.00 9781446249024: £24.99 1446249018 9781446249024 (pbk.) 1446249018 (hbk.) 9781446249017 (hbk.)
2013427602
Social sciences--Research--Design
Social sciences--Research--Design--Case studies
Social sciences--Research--Methodology
Social sciences--Research--Methodology--Case studies
Research methods: general
Social research & statistics
300.72