Researching society and culture /

Researching society and culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1998.
Description:	viii, 349 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sociology -- Methodology. Sociology -- Philosophy. Sociology -- Research. Social sciences -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Philosophy. Social sciences -- Research. Culture -- Research. Culture -- Research. Social sciences -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Philosophy. Social sciences -- Research. Sociology -- Methodology. Sociology -- Philosophy. Sociology -- Research.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3461527

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Other authors / contributors:	Seale, Clive.
ISBN:	0761952764 0761952772 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-342) and index.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part 1. Philosophy, Methodology and History
Selected Issues in the Philosophy of Social Science
Developments in Social Theory
Feminist Methodology
Gender, Ethnicity and Fieldwork
A Case Study
The History of the Social Survey
Historical and Comparative Research
Part 2. Beginning Research
Research and Social Policy
Research and Social Theory
Writing a Research Proposal
Part 3. Doing Research
Doing Social Surveys
Coding and Analyzing Data
Statistical Reasoning
From One to Two Variables
Statistical Reasoning
Causal Arguments and Multivariate Analysis
Using Official Statistics
Qualitative Interviewing
Doing Ethnography
Analyzing Cultural Objects
Content Analysis and Semiotics
Analyzing Discourse
Analyzing Conversation
Analyzing Literary Texts
Reading and Writing Research
Part 4. Workshop and Discussion Exercises