Data collection : key debates and methods in social research / Wendy Olsen.
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TextPublication details: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2012.Description: xi, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781847872562:
- 9781847872555:
- 1847872565 (pbk.)
- 9781847872562 (pbk.)
- 1847872557
- 300.72
- .O4 2012
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | Carlow Campus Library General Lending | 300.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 27/08/2020 | 72467 |
CW717, CW758, CW768
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[PART 1: Data collection : an introduction to research practices] Researching and data collection -- Findings -- Data -- Causes -- Sampling.
[PART 2: Collecting qualitative data] Interviews -- Transcripts -- Coding -- Meaning -- Interpretation -- Observer bias -- Representations -- Focus groups -- Document analysis -- Accuracy -- Ethical clearance.
[PART 3: Observation and involved methods] Participation -- Praxis -- Action research -- Observation methods -- Online data collection.
[PART 4: Experimental and systematic data collection] Questionnaire design -- Handling treatment data -- The Ethics of volunteers -- Market-research techniques -- Creating systematic case-study data.
[PART 5: Survey methods for data collection] Operationalisation -- Measurement -- Causality -- Data cleaning -- Data extraction -- Outliers -- Subsetting of data -- Survey weights.
[PART 6: The Case-study method of data collection] Case-study research -- Comparative research -- Configurations -- Contingency -- Causal mechanisms.
[PART 7: Concluding suggestions about data-collection concepts] Facts -- Reality -- Retroduction.
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