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Author : Byrne, David
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847424501
This important book examines how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis.
Author : John Gerring,Dino Christenson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781107071476
An innovative textbook introducing a variety of social science methodologies applicable to a range of social and political science disciplines.
Author : Noel A. Card
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462525003
Offering pragmatic guidance for planning and conducting a meta-analytic review, this book is written in an engaging, nontechnical style that makes it ideal for graduate course use or self-study. The author shows how to identify questions that can be answered using meta-analysis, retrieve both published and unpublished studies, create a coding manual, use traditional and unique effect size indices, and write a meta-analytic review. An ongoing example illustrates meta-analytic techniques. In addition to the fundamentals, the book discusses more advanced topics, such as artifact correction, random- and mixed-effects models, structural equation representations, and multivariate procedures. User-friendly features include annotated equations; discussions of alternative approaches; and "Practical Matters" sections that give advice on topics not often discussed in other books, such as linking meta-analytic results with theory and the utility of meta-analysis software programs. ÿ
Author : Matt Grossmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780197518991
It seems like most of what we read about the academic social sciences in the mainstream media is negative. The field is facing mounting criticism, as canonical studies fail to replicate, questionable research practices abound, and researcher social and political biases come under fire. In response to these criticisms, Matt Grossmann, in How Social Science Got Better, provides a robust defense of the current state of the social sciences. Applying insights from the philosophy, history, and sociology of science and providing new data on research trends and scholarly views, he argues that, far from crisis, social science is undergoing an unparalleled renaissance of ever-broader understanding and application. According to Grossmann, social science research today has never been more relevant, rigorous, or self-reflective because scholars have a much better idea of their blind spots and biases. He highlights how scholars now closely analyze the impact of racial, gender, geographic, methodological, political, and ideological differences on research questions; how the incentives of academia influence our research practices; and how universal human desires to avoid uncomfortable truths and easily solve problems affect our conclusions. Though misaligned incentive structures of course remain, a messy, collective deliberation across the research community has shifted us into an unprecedented age of theoretical diversity, open and connected data, and public scholarship. Grossmann's wide-ranging account of current trends will necessarily force the academy's many critics to rethink their lazy critiques and instead acknowledge the path-breaking advances occurring in the social sciences today.
Author : Baran, Mette Lise,Jones, Janice Elisabeth
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781799810278
Research that has been presented primarily by quantitative research can benefit from the voice of the participants and the added value of the different perspective that qualitative research can provide. The purpose of mixed methods research is to draw from the positive aspects of both research paradigms to better answer the research question. This type of research is often used in schools, businesses, and non-profit organizations as they strive to address and resolve questions that will impact their organizations. Applied Social Science Approaches to Mixed Methods Research is an academic research publication that examines more traditional and common research methods and how they can be complimented through qualitative counterparts. The content within this publication covers an array of topics such as entrepreneurship, social media, and marginalization. It is essential for researchers, academicians, non-profit professionals, business professionals, and higher education faculty, and specifically targets master or doctoral students committed to writing their theses, dissertations, or scholarly articles, who may not have had the benefit of working on a traditional research team.
Author : Bent Flyvbjerg,Todd Landman,Sanford Schram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107000254
A new, hands-on approach to social inquiry for social scientists who wish to make a difference to policy and practice.
Author : Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475146124
This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.
Author : Georgeta Raţă
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443846363
This book, Applied Social Sciences: Social Work, is a collection of essays specific to the field of social work. The approach is both holistic (assessment of social work, burnout, counselling, history of social work, migration, models of excellence in social work, unemployment, workaholism) and atomistic (child attachment, children’s rights, coping strategies and associated work – family conflict, emotional neglect, monoparental families, physical abuse, positive child disciplining, psychological abuse, rehabilitation of delinquent minors, social inclusion of youth, etc). The types of academic readership it will appeal to include: academic teaching staff, doctors, parents, psychologists, researchers, social workers, students, and teachers in the field of social work, who wish to improve personally and professionally. It may also be useful to all those who interact, one way or another, with the human factor.
Author : Robert Ackland
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446283110
"Although written simply enough to be accessible to undergraduates, accomplished scholars are likely to appreciate it too. Reading it taught me quite a lot about a subject I thought I knew rather well." - Paul Vogt, Illinois State University "This book brings the art and science of building and applying innovative online research tools to students and faculty across the social sciences." - William H. Dutton, University of Oxford A comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of web Social Science. This book demonstrates how the web is being used to collect social research data, such as online surveys and interviews, as well as digital trace data from social media environments, such as Facebook and Twitter. It also illuminates how the advent of the web has led to traditional social science concepts and approaches being combined with those from other scientific disciplines, leading to new insights into social, political and economic behaviour. Situating social sciences in the digital age, this book aids: understanding of the fundamental changes to society, politics and the economy that have resulted from the advent of the web choice of appropriate data, tools and research methods for conducting research using web data learning how web data are providing new insights into long-standing social science research questions appreciation of how social science can facilitate an understanding of life in the digital age It is ideal for students and researchers across the social sciences, as well as those from information science, computer science and engineering who want to learn about how social scientists are thinking about and researching the web.
Author : Stoker, Gerry,Evans, Mark
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447329367
This book gathers an expert group of social scientists to showcase emerging forms of analysis and evaluation for public policy analysis. Each chapter highlights a different method or approach, putting it in context and highlighting its key features before illustrating its application and potential value to policy makers. Aimed at upper-level undergraduates in public policy and social work, it also has much to offer policy makers and practitioners themselves.
Author : Richard P. Nathan
Publisher : Rockefeller Institute Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780914341659
A new, substantially updated, and expanded version of a classic work on how to evaluate public policy published over a decade ago.
Author : Simon Bastow,Patrick Dunleavy,Jane Tinkler
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446293256
The impact agenda is set to shape the way in which social scientists prioritise the work they choose to pursue, the research methods they use and how they publish their findings over the coming decade, but how much is currently known about how social science research has made a mark on society? Based on a three year research project studying the impact of 360 UK-based academics on business, government and civil society sectors, this groundbreaking new book undertakes the most thorough analysis yet of how academic research in the social sciences achieves public policy impacts, contributes to economic prosperity, and informs public understanding of policy issues as well as economic and social changes. The Impact of the Social Sciences addresses and engages with key issues, including: identifying ways to conceptualise and model impact in the social sciences developing more sophisticated ways to measure academic and external impacts of social science research explaining how impacts from individual academics, research units and universities can be improved. This book is essential reading for researchers, academics and anyone involved in discussions about how to improve the value and impact of funded research. You can read a snapshot of the results, Visualising the Data, free online. To download a PDF click here, or to browse a flipbook, click here.
Author : Bent Flyvbjerg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 052177568X
New approach demonstrating how social science can be successful, focusing on context, values, and power.
Author : Gary King,Robert O. Keohane,Sidney Verba
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1994-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691034713
Designing Social Inquiry focuses on improving qualitative research, where numerical measurement is either impossible or undesirable. What are the right questions to ask? How should you define and make inferences about causal effects? How can you avoid bias? How many cases do you need, and how should they be selected? What are the consequences of unavoidable problems in qualitative research, such as measurement error, incomplete information, or omitted variables? What are proper ways to estimate and report the uncertainty of your conclusions?
Author : John McLevey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529737592
Computational approaches offer exciting opportunities for us to do social science differently. This beginner’s guide discusses a range of computational methods and how to use them to study the problems and questions you want to research. It assumes no knowledge of programming, offering step-by-step guidance for coding in Python and drawing on examples of real data analysis to demonstrate how you can apply each approach in any discipline. The book also: Considers important principles of social scientific computing, including transparency, accountability and reproducibility. Understands the realities of completing research projects and offers advice for dealing with issues such as messy or incomplete data and systematic biases. Empowers you to learn at your own pace, with online resources including screencast tutorials and datasets that enable you to practice your skills and get up to speed. For anyone who wants to use computational methods to conduct a social science research project, this book equips you with the skills, good habits and best working practices to do rigorous, high quality work.