Research design : creating robust approaches for the social sciences / Stephen Gorard.
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TextPublication details: London : SAGE, 2013.Description: xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781446249017:
- 9781446249024:
- 1446249018
- 9781446249024 (pbk.)
- 1446249018 (hbk.)
- 9781446249017 (hbk.)
- 300.72
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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.
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